# 1997 Ginosa mayoral election, second round

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

Paolo Costantino won with 50.36% of the vote, 0.72 points ahead of Giacomo Dragone. Giacomo Dragone led the first round with 47.1%.

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

- Giacomo Dragone, 47.1% (Advanced)
- Paolo Costantino, 45.9% (Advanced)
- Consiglia  In Calabrese Bernardi, 4.5%

### Second round, May 11, 1997

- Paolo Costantino, 50.4% (Elected)
- Giacomo Dragone, 49.6%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Costantino | 7,142 | 50.4% | Elected |
| Giacomo Dragone | 7,040 | 49.6% |  |

Valid votes: 14,182

Turnout: 80.0% (14,514 of 18,150 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 29, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ginosa/2011-05-29-runoff/sindaco.md): Vito De Palma, 64.1%
- May 11, 1997: Paolo Costantino, 50.4%
- [June 20, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ginosa/1993-06-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Paolo Costantino, 65.2%

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