# 2012 Pistoia mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Toscana](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana.md) / [Pistoia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia.md), May 6, 2012

Samuele Bertinelli won with 59.0% of the vote, 42.6 points ahead of Anna Maria Ida Celesti.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Samuele Bertinelli | 23,284 | 59.0% | Elected |
| Anna Maria Ida Celesti | 6,469 | 16.4% |  |
| Giacomo Del Bino | 4,023 | 10.2% |  |
| Alessio Bartolomei | 3,456 | 8.8% |  |
| Enrico Guastini | 933 | 2.4% |  |
| Daniela Simionato | 663 | 1.7% |  |
| Mario Capecchi | 387 | 1.0% |  |
| Paolo Bonacchi | 217 | 0.6% |  |

Valid votes: 39,432

Turnout: 57.5% (42,186 of 73,405 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Capecchi, 54.4%
- May 6, 2012: Samuele Bertinelli, 59.0%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Renzo Berti, 53.3%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Renzo Berti, 62.4%
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Lido Scarpetti, 54.5%
- [June 12, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/1994-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Lido Scarpetti, 62.1%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 6, 2012

- [Pistoia municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2012-05-06-local.md) (1,534)

## 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 Pistoia

- 2012 Pistoia mayoral election
- [2012 Pistoia municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2012-05-06-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.json.