# 2003 Messina mayoral 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

Giuseppe Buzzanca won with 53.9% of the vote, 9.8 points ahead of Antonio Saitta.

> 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. The winner is the candidate the open data marks as elected mayor.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giuseppe Buzzanca | 77,529 | 53.9% | Elected |
| Antonio Saitta | 63,430 | 44.1% |  |
| Antonino Ragusa | 1,727 | 1.2% |  |
| Lorenzo Reitano | 1,135 | 0.8% |  |

Valid votes: 143,821

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/sindaco.md): Francantonio Genovese, 54.6%
- May 25, 2003: Giuseppe Buzzanca, 53.9%
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Salvatore Francesco Leonardi, 53.3%

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

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2003-05-25-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.json.