# 2002 Palma di Montechiaro mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Palma di Montechiaro](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palma-di-montechiaro.md), May 26, 2002

Gaetano Falsone won with 62.1% of the vote, 35.7 points ahead of Pasquale Amato.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gaetano Falsone | 8,340 | 62.1% | Elected |
| Pasquale Amato | 3,541 | 26.4% |  |
| Gioacchino Sorintano | 1,551 | 11.5% |  |

Valid votes: 13,432

Turnout: 60.6% (14,192 of 23,437 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Gaetano Falsone, 62.1%
- [June 13, 1999](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palma-di-montechiaro/1999-06-13-local/sindaco.md): Rosario G. Gallo, 67.8%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 26, 2002

- [Palma di Montechiaro municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palma-di-montechiaro/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2002-05-26-local.md) (1,890)

## 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 Palma di Montechiaro

- 2002 Palma di Montechiaro mayoral election
- [2002 Palma di Montechiaro municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palma-di-montechiaro/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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