# 1998 Torremaggiore municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Torremaggiore](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore.md), November 29, 1998

Democrats of the Left won 7 of the 18 seats, with 31.6% 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: DS 7, PPI (POP) 7, AN 3, and PRC 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democrats of the Left | 3,208 | 31.6% | 7 | Won |
| National Alliance | 1,365 | 13.4% | 3 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 715 | 7.0% | 1 | Won |
| Forza Italia | 433 | 4.3% |  |  |
| Italian Renewal | 214 | 2.1% |  |  |
| PPI (POP) | 4,217 | 41.5% | 7 | Won |

Valid votes: 10,152

Turnout: 81.6% (11,158 of 13,670 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democratic Party, Union of the Centre, Left, Ecology and Freedom, The People of Freedom, MOVIMENTO POLITICO SCHITTULLI, UNIONE DI CAPITANATA
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/2010-03-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): The People of Freedom, Democratic Party, DE VITA SINDACO, I PUGLIESI, FORZA TORRE, Union of the Centre, POPOLARI LIBERALI, New PSI, DI PIETRO ITALIA DEI VALORI - ALTRI
- [April 3, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/2005-04-03-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, Democrats of the Left, POPOLARI PER PUGLIA, UDEUR Populars for the South, National Alliance, DL.LA MARGHERITA, Union of the Centre, RINNOVAMENTO PUGLIA, ALLEANZA DEMOCRATICA, New PSI
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, Forza Italia, DL.LA MARGHERITA, National Alliance, Union of the Centre, U.D.EUR
- November 29, 1998: Democrats of the Left, PPI (POP), National Alliance, SINISTRA, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Communist Refoundation Party, CENTRO
- [November 20, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/1994-11-20-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PDS, P.POPOLARE ITALIANO, National Alliance, IND, LISTA AREA GOV.
- [June 7, 1992](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/1992-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, PDS, Italian Socialist Party, MSI-DN
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, ETOROGENEA, Italian Socialist Party

## Also on the ballot in Italy on November 29, 1998

- [Torremaggiore mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/1998-11-29-local/sindaco.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-11-29-local.md) (566)

## 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 Torremaggiore

- [1998 Torremaggiore mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/torremaggiore/1998-11-29-local/sindaco.md)
- 1998 Torremaggiore municipal council election

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