# 1998 Orta Nova mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Orta Nova](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova.md), May 24, 1998

Giuseppe Moscarella won with 58.6% of the vote, 33.3 points ahead of Pasquale Ruscitto.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giuseppe Moscarella | 6,029 | 58.6% | Elected |
| Pasquale Ruscitto | 2,600 | 25.3% |  |
| Andrea Di Dedda | 1,665 | 16.2% |  |

Valid votes: 10,294

Turnout: 81.3% (10,677 of 13,138 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2025](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2025-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Domenico Di Vito, 58.6%
- [May 25, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2014-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Gerardo Tarantino, 50.8%
- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2011-05-15-local/sindaco.md): Maria Rosaria Detta Iaia Calvio, 53.8%
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2006-05-28-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Moscarella, 54.2%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Michele Antonio Vece, 52.6%
- May 24, 1998: Giuseppe Moscarella, 58.6%
- [June 12, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/1994-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Moscarella, 69.6%

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

- [Orta Nova municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/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 Orta Nova

- 1998 Orta Nova mayoral election
- [1998 Orta Nova municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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