# 1997 Carosino mayoral election

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

Giovanni Longo won with 38.3% of the vote, 1.8 points ahead of Francesco Sapio.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giovanni Longo | 1,586 | 38.3% | Elected |
| Francesco Sapio | 1,513 | 36.5% |  |
| Alfonso Sergio | 1,044 | 25.2% |  |

Valid votes: 4,143

Turnout: 86.6% (4,258 of 4,917 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/carosino/2014-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Arcangelo Sapio, 42.3%
- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/carosino/2011-05-15-local/sindaco.md): Biagio Chiloiro, 49.5%
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/carosino/2006-05-28-local/sindaco.md): Francesco Sapio, 57.5%
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/carosino/2001-05-13-local/sindaco.md): Francesco Sapio, 38.7%
- November 16, 1997: Giovanni Longo, 38.3%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/carosino/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Costanzo Carrieri, 42.5%

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

- [Carosino municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/carosino/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 Carosino

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

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