# 2005 Messina mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Messina](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina.md), December 11, 2005

Francantonio Genovese won with 54.6% of the vote, 9.1 points ahead of Luigi Ragno. Luigi Ragno led the first round with 46.0%.

> 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.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2005-11-27-local/sindaco.md), November 27, 2005

- Luigi Ragno, 46.0% (Advanced)
- Francantonio Genovese, 45.7% (Advanced)
- Nunzio Romeo, 7.4%

### Second round, December 11, 2005

- Francantonio Genovese, 54.6% (Elected)
- Luigi Ragno, 45.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francantonio Genovese | 64,808 | 54.6% | Elected |
| Luigi Ragno | 53,943 | 45.4% |  |

Valid votes: 118,751

Turnout: 59.3% (121,344 of 204,608 registered)

## 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).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2005-12-11-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2005-12-11-runoff/sindaco.json.