# 2002 Sortino mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Sortino](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino.md), May 26, 2002

Orazio Mezzio won with 52.8% of the vote, 5.5 points ahead of Carmelo Spataro.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orazio Mezzio | 3,241 | 52.8% | Elected |
| Carmelo Spataro | 2,901 | 47.2% |  |

Valid votes: 6,142

Turnout: 80.8% (6,427 of 7,953 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Orazio Mezzio, 52.8%
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md): Orazio Mezzio, 40.9%

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

- [Sortino municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/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 Sortino

- 2002 Sortino mayoral election
- [2002 Sortino municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/2002-05-26-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.json.