# 2005 Venezia mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Veneto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto.md) / [Venezia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia.md), April 17, 2005

Massimo Cacciari won with 50.5% of the vote, 1.1 points ahead of Felice Casson. Felice Casson led the first round with 37.7%.

> 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/veneto/venezia/2005-04-03-local/sindaco.md), April 3, 2005

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

### Second round, April 17, 2005

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

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Massimo Cacciari | 64,315 | 50.5% | Elected |
| Felice Casson | 62,974 | 49.5% |  |

Valid votes: 127,289

Turnout: 55.7% (129,885 of 233,316 registered)

## This race in other years

- April 17, 2005: Massimo Cacciari, 50.5%
- [April 30, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.md): Paolo Costa, 56.0%
- [December 5, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/1993-12-05-runoff/sindaco.md): Massimo Cacciari, 55.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 17, 2005

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2005-04-03-local.md) (26)

## 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/veneto/venezia/2005-04-17-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-17-runoff/sindaco.json.