# 1998 Mottola mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Mottola](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola.md), June 7, 1998

Diego Ludovico won with 52.3% of the vote, 4.5 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. The winner is the candidate the open data marks as elected mayor.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md), May 24, 1998

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

### Second round, June 7, 1998

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

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Diego Ludovico | 5,306 | 52.3% | Elected |
| Nicola De Carlo | 4,845 | 47.7% |  |

Valid votes: 10,151

Turnout: 77.0% (10,503 of 13,633 registered)

## This race in other years

- June 7, 1998: Diego Ludovico, 52.3%
- [June 26, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1994-06-26-runoff/sindaco.md): Diego Ludovico, 58.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 7, 1998

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (72)

## 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/mottola/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/mottola/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.json.