# 1997 Mesagne municipal council election

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

PDS won 24 of the 29 seats, with 79.3% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: PDS 24, FI 3, AN 1, and PRC 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 1,794 | 10.1% | 3 | Won |
| National Alliance | 1,155 | 6.5% | 1 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 718 | 4.1% | 1 | Won |
| PDS | 14,030 | 79.3% | 24 | Won |

Valid votes: 17,697

Turnout: 75.4% (19,185 of 25,446 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democratic Party, AVANTI MESAGNE, PROSSIMA, LA MIA CITTA', PER MESAGNE, CITTA' SOLIDALE E RIFORMISTA, Movimento 5 Stelle
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/2010-03-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democratic Party, SIN.ECOL.LIB-RIF.COM-COM.IT-L.CIVICHE, MESAGNE DEMOCRATICA, VIZZINO, The People of Freedom, MESAGNE INCALZA, FERRARESE PER MESAGNE, MESAGNE PRIMA DI TUTTO
- [April 13, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/2008-04-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democratic Party, The People of Freedom, LISTA CIVICA, LA SINISTRA L'ARCOBALENO, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/2007-05-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, Forza Italia, LISTA CIVICA, Communist Refoundation Party, DL.LA MARGHERITA, LISTA CIVICA, National Alliance, SOCIALISTI AUTON., Union of the Centre
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, Forza Italia, DL.LA MARGHERITA, SINISTRA, National Alliance, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), Union of the Centre, Communist Refoundation Party, PATTO
- November 16, 1997: PDS, PPI-RINNOVAMENTO IT., CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), CCD-CDU, Forza Italia, National Alliance, SI, Communist Refoundation Party
- [September 27, 1992](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1992-09-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PDS, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Communist Refoundation Party, MSI-DN, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, DC IND
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, MSI, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party

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

- [Mesagne mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.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 Mesagne

- [1997 Mesagne mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mesagne/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Mesagne municipal council election

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