# 1997 Altamura mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Altamura](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/altamura.md), May 11, 1997

Vito Plotino won with 55.6% of the vote, 11.2 points ahead of Francesco Maria Viti.

> 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/puglia/altamura/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md), April 27, 1997

- Vito Plotino, 48.5% (Advanced)
- Francesco Maria Viti, 40.8% (Advanced)
- Francesco Zaccaria, 6.0%

### Second round, May 11, 1997

- Vito Plotino, 55.6% (Elected)
- Francesco Maria Viti, 44.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vito Plotino | 19,360 | 55.6% | Elected |
| Francesco Maria Viti | 15,457 | 44.4% |  |

Valid votes: 34,817

Turnout: 78.3% (35,576 of 45,420 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 11, 1997: Vito Plotino, 55.6%
- [June 20, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/altamura/1993-06-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Vito Plotino, 57.0%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 11, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (76)

## 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/puglia/altamura/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/altamura/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco.json.