# 1997 Torchiarolo municipal council election

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

The Olive Tree won 11 of the 16 seats, with 50.5% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: Olive Tree 11 and POLO PER LE LIBERTA' 5.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Olive Tree | 1,770 | 50.5% | 11 | Won |
| POLO PER LE LIBERTA' | 1,737 | 49.5% | 5 | Won |

Valid votes: 3,507

Turnout: 85.0% (3,674 of 4,324 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): OLTRE LA SVOLTA INSIEME A NOI, ORIZZONTE IN COMUNE
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/2010-03-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): DALLA GENTE.... PER LA GENTE, PROGETTO PER TORCHIAROLO
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/2007-05-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CASA DELLE LIBERTA', The Olive Tree, LISTA CIVICA
- November 16, 1997: The Olive Tree, POLO PER LE LIBERTA'
- [September 27, 1992](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/1992-09-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PDS, ALTRE LISTE
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy

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

- [Torchiarolo mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.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 Torchiarolo

- [1997 Torchiarolo mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torchiarolo/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Torchiarolo municipal council election

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