# 1998 Mottola mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Mottola](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola.md), May 24, 1998

Diego Ludovico led with 47.0% of the vote, 7.5 points ahead of Nicola De Carlo.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, May 24, 1998

- Diego Ludovico, 47.0% (Advanced)
- Nicola De Carlo, 39.4% (Advanced)
- Pietro Notaristefano, 5.4%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.md), June 7, 1998

- Diego Ludovico, 52.3% (Elected)
- Nicola De Carlo, 47.7%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Diego Ludovico | 5,187 | 47.0% | Advanced |
| Nicola De Carlo | 4,358 | 39.4% | Advanced |
| Pietro Notaristefano | 600 | 5.4% |  |
| Franco Gentile | 560 | 5.1% |  |
| Daniele Benedetto | 342 | 3.1% |  |

Valid votes: 11,047

Turnout: 84.7% (11,548 of 13,633 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Pinto, 51.2%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Quero, 68.2%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Quero, 51.5%
- May 24, 1998: Diego Ludovico, 52.3%
- [June 12, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1994-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Diego Ludovico, 58.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 24, 1998

- [Mottola municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (1,036)

## 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 Mottola

- 1998 Mottola mayoral election, first round
- [1998 Mottola municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.json.