# 1997 Candela municipal council election

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

CEN-DES(CONTR.UFF.) won 12 of the 12 seats, with 100.0% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CEN-DES(CONTR.UFF.) | 1,922 | 100.0% | 12 | Won |

Valid votes: 1,922

Turnout: 82.6% (1,983 of 2,400 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): UNITI PER CANDELA, 100.0%
- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/2011-05-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PDL - UNIONE DI CENTRO, SPIRITO LIBERO, PARTITO DEMOCRATICO - SIN.ECOL.LIBERTA'
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/2006-05-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-DES(CONTR.UFF.), LISTA CIVICA
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/2001-05-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-DES(CONTR.UFF.), CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE)
- April 27, 1997: CEN-DES(CONTR.UFF.), CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE)
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/1993-06-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, LISTA CIVICA, IND
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, MISTA DI DESTRA, Italian Socialist Party

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

- [Candela mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.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 Candela

- [1997 Candela mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/candela/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Candela municipal council election

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