# 1997 Monteroni di Lecce mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Monteroni di Lecce](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce.md), April 27, 1997

Saverio Antonio Leucci won with 40.0% of the vote, 1.7 points ahead of Giuseppe Pati.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saverio Antonio Leucci | 3,687 | 40.0% | Elected |
| Giuseppe Pati | 3,528 | 38.2% |  |
| Rosina In Gatto Rizzo | 2,012 | 21.8% |  |

Valid votes: 9,227

Turnout: 83.4% (9,469 of 11,353 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Mariolina Pizzuto, 64.4%
- [May 26, 2013](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/2013-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Pasquale Giorgio Detto Lino Guido, 46.0%
- [April 13, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/2008-04-13-local/sindaco.md): Pasquale Giorgio Guido, 49.5%
- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Marcello Manca, 56.8%
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/2001-05-13-local/sindaco.md): Gaetano Benedetto Manca, 53.7%
- April 27, 1997: Saverio Antonio Leucci, 40.0%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 27, 1997

- [Monteroni di Lecce municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/1997-04-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (2,218)

## 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 Monteroni di Lecce

- 1997 Monteroni di Lecce mayoral election
- [1997 Monteroni di Lecce municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/monteroni-di-lecce/1997-04-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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