# 1997 Alessano mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Alessano](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano.md), April 27, 1997

Cosimo Del Casale won with 55.3% of the vote, 10.5 points ahead of Ippazio Antonio Rizzo.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cosimo Del Casale | 2,424 | 55.3% | Elected |
| Ippazio Antonio Rizzo | 1,963 | 44.7% |  |

Valid votes: 4,387

Turnout: 75.1% (4,533 of 6,037 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/2011-05-15-local/sindaco.md): Osvaldo Stendardo, 37.0%
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/2006-05-28-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Nicolardi, 50.2%
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/2001-05-13-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Nicolardi, 42.8%
- April 27, 1997: Cosimo Del Casale, 55.3%
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/1993-06-06-local/sindaco.md): Cosimo Del Casale, 45.7%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 27, 1997

- [Alessano municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/1997-04-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (2,218)

## 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 Alessano

- 1997 Alessano mayoral election
- [1997 Alessano municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/1997-04-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/1997-04-27-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/alessano/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.json.