# 1997 Leverano mayoral election

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

Gino D'Elia won with 60.9% of the vote, 21.8 points ahead of Giovanni Lecciso.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gino D'Elia | 5,207 | 60.9% | Elected |
| Giovanni Lecciso | 3,344 | 39.1% |  |

Valid votes: 8,551

Turnout: 77.4% (8,870 of 11,456 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/leverano/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Zecca, 30.1%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/leverano/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Cosimo Durante, 63.8%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/leverano/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Cosimo Durante, 56.6%
- November 16, 1997: Gino D'Elia, 60.9%

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

- [Leverano municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/leverano/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 Leverano

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

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