# 1997 Assemini mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sardegna](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna.md) / [Assemini](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini.md), May 11, 1997

Paolo Mereu won with 52.9% of the vote, 5.9 points ahead of Massimo Usai.

> 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.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md), April 27, 1997

- Paolo Mereu, 37.1% (Advanced)
- Massimo Usai, 31.8% (Advanced)
- Luciano Mereu, 18.2%

### Second round, May 11, 1997

- Paolo Mereu, 52.9% (Elected)
- Massimo Usai, 47.1%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Mereu | 5,877 | 52.9% | Elected |
| Massimo Usai | 5,227 | 47.1% |  |

Valid votes: 11,104

Turnout: 65.4% (11,533 of 17,646 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 9, 2013](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/2013-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md): Mario Puddu, 68.2%
- [June 8, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/2003-06-08-runoff/sindaco.md): Luciano Casula, 58.9%
- [May 27, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/2001-05-27-runoff/sindaco.md): Salvatore Nioi, 50.8%
- May 11, 1997: Paolo Mereu, 52.9%
- [June 20, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/1993-06-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Luciano Casula, 57.5%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 11, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (76)

## 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).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/assemini/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco.json.