# 2008 Viareggio mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Toscana](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana.md) / [Viareggio](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio.md), April 27, 2008

Luca Lunardini won with 61.8% of the vote, 23.7 points ahead of Andrea Palestini.

> 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.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/2008-04-13-local/sindaco.md), April 13, 2008

- Luca Lunardini, 45.6% (Advanced)
- Andrea Palestini, 28.6% (Advanced)
- Milziade Silvio Caprili, 12.6%

### Second round, April 27, 2008

- Luca Lunardini, 61.8% (Elected)
- Andrea Palestini, 38.2%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luca Lunardini | 19,234 | 61.8% | Elected |
| Andrea Palestini | 11,871 | 38.2% |  |

Valid votes: 31,105

Turnout: 58.9% (31,454 of 53,411 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 7, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/2026-06-07-runoff/sindaco.md): Sara Grilli, 50.3%
- [June 9, 2013](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/2013-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md): Leonardo Betti, 71.5%
- April 27, 2008: Luca Lunardini, 61.8%
- [June 22, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/2003-06-22-runoff/sindaco.md): Marco Marcucci, 64.1%
- [December 13, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/1998-12-13-runoff/sindaco.md): Marco Marcucci, 56.2%
- [December 4, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/1994-12-04-runoff/sindaco.md): Marco Costa, 61.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 27, 2008

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2008-04-13-local.md) (43)

## 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).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/2008-04-27-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/viareggio/2008-04-27-runoff/sindaco.json.