# 2003 Messina municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Messina](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina.md), May 25, 2003

DL.LA MARGHERITA won 13 of the 40 seats, with 32.5% of the vote.

> Results are by municipality, from the Interior Ministry's open data file for this round of municipal elections; where the file reports polling sections, they are summed by municipality. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: DL.LA MARGHERITA 13, FI 9, UDC 7, AN 6, DS 3, New PSI 1, and PRI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 27,691 | 20.1% | 9 | Won |
| Union of the Centre | 23,460 | 17.0% | 7 | Won |
| National Alliance | 20,494 | 14.9% | 6 | Won |
| Democrats of the Left | 8,785 | 6.4% | 3 | Won |
| New PSI | 4,871 | 3.5% | 1 | Won |
| Italian Republican Party | 3,183 | 2.3% | 1 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 2,026 | 1.5% |  |  |
| Federation of the Greens | 1,599 | 1.2% |  |  |
| Party of Italian Communists | 859 | 0.6% |  |  |
| DL.LA MARGHERITA | 44,830 | 32.5% | 13 | Won |

Valid votes: 137,798

Turnout: 77.7% (159,339 of 205,127 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 27, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2005-11-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): DL.LA MARGHERITA, Forza Italia, National Alliance, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), LISTA CIVICA, Union of the Centre, Democrats of the Left, NUOVA SICILIA, LISTA CIVICA, MOV. PER L'AUTONOMIA, U.D.EUR, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, AZZURRI, Italian Republican Party, Communist Refoundation Party, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- May 25, 2003: Forza Italia, Union of the Centre, National Alliance, DL.LA MARGHERITA, Democrats of the Left, VINCE MESSINA, NUOVA SICILIA, New PSI, U.D.EUR, Italian Republican Party, PATTO PER LA SICILIA
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, National Alliance, CDR, PPI (POP), CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Democrats of the Left, CDU, LISTA CIVICA, SOCIALISTI DEM., SOCIALISTA, RINNOVAMENTO IT., CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.)
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, ETEROGENEA, Italian Republican Party, MSI-DN
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Republican Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, PSU, Italian Socialist Party, MSI, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Republican Party, PSIUP
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI, Italian Republican Party, PSIUP, PDIUM

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 25, 2003

- [Messina mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2003-05-25-local.md) (976)

## Sources

- [Eligendo: archivio storico delle elezioni, open data](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/eligendo/opendata.php), Ministero dell'Interno. License: No license stated. Data that Italian public bodies publish without a license are open by default (art. 52 of the Codice dell'amministrazione digitale).

## On the ballot in Messina

- [2003 Messina mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md)
- 2003 Messina municipal council election

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