# 2026 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 24, 2026

Giovanni Capecchi won with 54.4% of the vote, 11.5 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giovanni Capecchi | 22,512 | 54.4% | Elected |
| Anna Maria Ida Celesti | 17,763 | 42.9% |  |
| Fabrizio Mancinelli | 1,089 | 2.6% |  |

Valid votes: 41,364

Turnout: 56.6% (42,221 of 74,630 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 24, 2026: Giovanni Capecchi, 54.4%
- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): 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 24, 2026

- [Pistoia municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2026-05-24-local.md) (1,318)

## 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

- 2026 Pistoia mayoral election
- [2026 Pistoia municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2026-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.json.