# 1997 Cerignola mayoral election

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

Salvatore Tatarella won with 58.0% of the vote, 17.9 points ahead of Giovanni Ruocco.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salvatore Tatarella | 18,931 | 58.0% | Elected |
| Giovanni Ruocco | 13,096 | 40.1% |  |
| Domenico Farina | 626 | 1.9% |  |

Valid votes: 32,653

Turnout: 81.9% (33,784 of 41,233 registered)

## This race in other years

- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/cerignola/2010-03-28-local/sindaco.md): Antonio Giannatempo, 53.8%
- [April 3, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/cerignola/2005-04-03-local/sindaco.md): Matteo Valentino, 60.2%
- [April 16, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/cerignola/2000-04-16-local/sindaco.md): Antonio Giannatempo, 50.8%
- November 16, 1997: Salvatore Tatarella, 58.0%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/cerignola/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Salvatore Tatarella, 56.1%

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

- [Cerignola municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/cerignola/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 Cerignola

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

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