# 1997 Bitritto mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Bitritto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto.md), November 16, 1997

Romano Tobia Carone won with 41.4% of the vote, 12.0 points ahead of Domenico Viesti.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Romano Tobia Carone | 2,472 | 41.4% | Elected |
| Domenico Viesti | 1,753 | 29.4% |  |
| Antonio Grandolfo | 1,743 | 29.2% |  |

Valid votes: 5,968

Turnout: 69.3% (6,165 of 8,898 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 7, 2009](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/2009-06-07-local/sindaco.md): Vito Lucarelli, 50.9%
- [June 12, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/2004-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Vito Lucarelli, 54.2%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Porzia Nunziata Maria Carone, 42.7%
- November 16, 1997: Romano Tobia Carone, 41.4%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Romano Tobia Carone, 49.0%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on November 16, 1997

- [Bitritto municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/1997-11-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-16-local.md) (826)

## 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 Bitritto

- 1997 Bitritto mayoral election
- [1997 Bitritto municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/1997-11-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/1997-11-16-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitritto/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.json.