# 1997 San Cesario di Lecce mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [San Cesario di Lecce](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce.md), November 16, 1997

Salvatore Capone won with 61.1% of the vote, 33.5 points ahead of Luigi Lezzi.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salvatore Capone | 3,008 | 61.1% | Elected |
| Luigi Lezzi | 1,355 | 27.5% |  |
| Fabio Pati | 564 | 11.4% |  |

Valid votes: 4,927

Turnout: 81.4% (5,042 of 6,195 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Andrea Paolo Filippo Romano, 33.5%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Antonio Cosimo Girau, 51.9%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Cesare Antonio Serra, 51.6%
- November 16, 1997: Salvatore Capone, 61.1%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Salvatore Capone, 51.5%

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

- [San Cesario di Lecce municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce/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 San Cesario di Lecce

- 1997 San Cesario di Lecce mayoral election
- [1997 San Cesario di Lecce municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-cesario-di-lecce/1997-11-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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