# 2002 Taormina mayoral election

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

Aurelio Turiano won with 52.9% of the vote, 19.2 points ahead of Eligio Giardina.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aurelio Turiano | 3,882 | 52.9% | Elected |
| Eligio Giardina | 2,471 | 33.7% |  |
| Rosario Barbera | 546 | 7.4% |  |
| Cesare Detto Cino Restuccia | 438 | 6.0% |  |

Valid votes: 7,337

Turnout: 79.6% (7,646 of 9,608 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Aurelio Turiano, 52.9%
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/taormina/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md): Mario Bolognari, 55.6%

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

- [Taormina municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/taormina/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 Taormina

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

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