# 2002 Sant'Agata li Battiati mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Sant'Agata li Battiati](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sant-agata-li-battiati.md), May 26, 2002

Sebastiano Augusto Motta led with 35.0% of the vote, 3.6 points ahead of Ottavio Garofalo.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, May 26, 2002

- Sebastiano Augusto Motta, 35.0% (Advanced)
- Ottavio Garofalo, 31.5% (Advanced)
- Luigi Costanzo, 13.3%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sant-agata-li-battiati/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md), June 9, 2002

- Sebastiano Augusto Motta, 59.5% (Elected)
- Ottavio Garofalo, 40.5%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastiano Augusto Motta | 2,236 | 35.0% | Advanced |
| Ottavio Garofalo | 2,007 | 31.5% | Advanced |
| Luigi Costanzo | 851 | 13.3% |  |
| Corrado Labisi | 644 | 10.1% |  |
| Carmelo Antonino Dinaro | 611 | 9.6% |  |
| Maurizio Cartarrasa | 32 | 0.5% |  |

Valid votes: 6,381

Turnout: 78.2% (6,745 of 8,622 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Sebastiano Augusto Motta, 59.5%
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sant-agata-li-battiati/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md): Gregorio Arena, 50.2%

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

- [Sant'Agata li Battiati municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sant-agata-li-battiati/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 Sant'Agata li Battiati

- 2002 Sant'Agata li Battiati mayoral election, first round
- [2002 Sant'Agata li Battiati municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sant-agata-li-battiati/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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