# 1997 Portoscuso mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sardegna](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna.md) / [Portoscuso](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso.md), November 16, 1997

Maria Francesca Cherchi won with 28.9% of the vote, 1.0 points ahead of Adriano Puddu.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Francesca Cherchi | 1,074 | 28.9% | Elected |
| Adriano Puddu | 1,036 | 27.9% |  |
| Luciano Alimonda | 945 | 25.4% |  |
| Angelo Cremone | 664 | 17.9% |  |

Valid votes: 3,719

Turnout: 82.6% (3,823 of 4,628 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 10, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso/2012-06-10-local/sindaco.md): Giorgio Alimonda, 39.1%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Adriano Puddu, 61.6%
- [June 12, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso/2004-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Ignazio Salvatore Atzori, 39.6%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Adriano Puddu, 45.1%
- November 16, 1997: Maria Francesca Cherchi, 28.9%

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

- [Portoscuso municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso/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 Portoscuso

- 1997 Portoscuso mayoral election
- [1997 Portoscuso municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/portoscuso/1997-11-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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