# 2005 Venezia mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Veneto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto.md) / [Venezia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia.md), April 3, 2005

Felice Casson led with 37.7% of the vote, 14.5 points ahead of Massimo Cacciari.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, April 3, 2005

- Felice Casson, 37.7% (Advanced)
- Massimo Cacciari, 23.2% (Advanced)
- Cesare Campa, 20.3%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-17-runoff/sindaco.md), April 17, 2005

- Massimo Cacciari, 50.5% (Elected)
- Felice Casson, 49.5%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Felice Casson | 60,837 | 37.7% | Advanced |
| Massimo Cacciari | 37,488 | 23.2% | Advanced |
| Cesare Campa | 32,726 | 20.3% |  |
| Raffaele Speranzon | 10,021 | 6.2% |  |
| Augusto Salvadori | 6,905 | 4.3% |  |
| Alberto Mazzonetto | 5,419 | 3.4% |  |
| Maurizio Crovato | 4,268 | 2.6% |  |
| Carlo Ripa Di Meana | 1,619 | 1.0% |  |
| Vittorio Salvagno | 1,424 | 0.9% |  |
| Giampaolo Pighin | 494 | 0.3% |  |
| Francesco Mario D'Elia | 264 | 0.2% |  |

Valid votes: 161,465

Turnout: 72.0% (168,087 of 233,316 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Simone Venturini, 51.0%
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2010-03-28-local/sindaco.md): Giorgio Orsoni, 51.1%
- April 3, 2005: Massimo Cacciari, 50.5%
- [April 16, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2000-04-16-local/sindaco.md): Paolo Costa, 56.0%
- [November 16, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md): Massimo Cacciari, 64.6%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Massimo Cacciari, 55.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 3, 2005

- [Venezia municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-03-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2005-04-03-local.md) (730)

## 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 Venezia

- 2005 Venezia mayoral election, first round
- [2005 Venezia municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-03-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-03-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-03-local/sindaco.json.