# 1997 Avetrana mayoral election

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

Luigi Conte won with 52.4% of the vote, 4.9 points ahead of Giovanni Pietro Briganti.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luigi Conte | 2,456 | 52.4% | Elected |
| Giovanni Pietro Briganti | 2,227 | 47.6% |  |

Valid votes: 4,683

Turnout: 76.5% (4,879 of 6,378 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/avetrana/2011-05-15-local/sindaco.md): Mario De Marco, 51.8%
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/avetrana/2006-05-28-local/sindaco.md): Mario De Marco, 51.9%
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/avetrana/2001-05-13-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Conte, 53.1%
- April 27, 1997: Luigi Conte, 52.4%
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/avetrana/1993-06-06-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Demostene Scarciglia, 51.0%

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

- [Avetrana municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/avetrana/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 Avetrana

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

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