# 1997 Castellana Grotte mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Castellana Grotte](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte.md), November 30, 1997

Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto won with 62.2% of the vote, 24.4 points ahead of Domenico Antonio Guido Caputo.

> 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/castellana-grotte/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md), November 16, 1997

- Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 43.5% (Advanced)
- Domenico Antonio Guido Caputo, 26.7% (Advanced)
- Paolo Nicola Minoia, 25.1%

### Second round, November 30, 1997

- Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 62.2% (Elected)
- Domenico Antonio Guido Caputo, 37.8%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto | 6,603 | 62.2% | Elected |
| Domenico Antonio Guido Caputo | 4,014 | 37.8% |  |

Valid votes: 10,617

Turnout: 72.3% (11,075 of 15,316 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 20, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Francesco Tricase, 56.7%
- [June 10, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2007-06-10-runoff/sindaco.md): Francesco Tricase, 58.8%
- November 30, 1997: Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 62.2%
- [May 7, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/1995-05-07-runoff/sindaco.md): Simone Massimo Leone Pinto, 58.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on November 30, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-16-local.md) (42)

## 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/castellana-grotte/1997-11-30-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/1997-11-30-runoff/sindaco.json.