# 1997 Corato mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Corato](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato.md), May 11, 1997

Luigi Di Gennaro won with 54.4% of the vote, 8.9 points ahead of Giovanni Montaruli.

> 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/corato/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md), April 27, 1997

- Luigi Di Gennaro, 41.5% (Advanced)
- Giovanni Montaruli, 32.0% (Advanced)
- Pasquale Tarantini, 11.0%

### Second round, May 11, 1997

- Luigi Di Gennaro, 54.4% (Elected)
- Giovanni Montaruli, 45.6%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luigi Di Gennaro | 13,109 | 54.4% | Elected |
| Giovanni Montaruli | 10,968 | 45.6% |  |

Valid votes: 24,077

Turnout: 63.8% (24,644 of 38,603 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 9, 2013](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2013-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md): Renato Bucci, 55.8%
- [April 30, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.md): Ruggiero Maria Fiore, 63.4%
- May 11, 1997: Luigi Di Gennaro, 54.4%
- [June 20, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/1993-06-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Luigi Di Gennaro, 62.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 11, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (76)

## 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/corato/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco.json.