# 1997 Oria mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Oria](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/oria.md), May 11, 1997

Sergio Giuseppe Ardito won with 50.9% of the vote, 1.9 points ahead of Maria Lucia Carone In Mola.

> 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/oria/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md), April 27, 1997

- Sergio Giuseppe Ardito, 41.5% (Advanced)
- Maria Lucia Carone In Mola, 35.1% (Advanced)
- Giuseppe Malva, 10.8%

### Second round, May 11, 1997

- Sergio Giuseppe Ardito, 50.9% (Elected)
- Maria Lucia Carone In Mola, 49.1%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sergio Giuseppe Ardito | 4,670 | 50.9% | Elected |
| Maria Lucia Carone In Mola | 4,498 | 49.1% |  |

Valid votes: 9,168

Turnout: 76.8% (9,393 of 12,236 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 11, 1997: Sergio Giuseppe Ardito, 50.9%
- [June 20, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/oria/1993-06-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Sergio Giuseppe Ardito, 54.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 11, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (76)

## 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/oria/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/oria/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco.json.