# 1997 Palagiano mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Palagiano](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano.md), November 16, 1997

Vincenzo Stellaccio won with 31.14% of the vote, 0.30 points ahead of Rocco Ressa.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vincenzo Stellaccio | 3,219 | 31.1% | Elected |
| Rocco Ressa | 3,188 | 30.8% |  |
| Antonio Paolo Scalera | 2,719 | 26.3% |  |
| Preneste Anzolin | 1,211 | 11.7% |  |

Valid votes: 10,337

Turnout: 90.1% (10,669 of 11,846 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Antonio Tarasco, 61.6%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Rocco Ressa, 58.1%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Rocco Ressa, 48.0%
- November 16, 1997: Vincenzo Stellaccio, 31.1%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Vincenzo Stellaccio, 36.1%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on November 16, 1997

- [Palagiano municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1997-11-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-16-local.md) (826)

## 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 Palagiano

- 1997 Palagiano mayoral election
- [1997 Palagiano municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1997-11-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1997-11-16-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.json.