# 1998 Acate mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Acate](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acate.md), May 24, 1998

Maria Ignazia Battaglia won with 40.6% of the vote, 4.7 points ahead of Giovanni Caruso.

> 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 Ignazia Battaglia | 1,955 | 40.6% | Elected |
| Giovanni Caruso | 1,727 | 35.8% |  |
| Gaetano Masaracchio | 1,136 | 23.6% |  |

Valid votes: 4,818

Turnout: 83.2% (5,107 of 6,141 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acate/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Mario Caruso, 75.7%
- May 24, 1998: Maria Ignazia Battaglia, 40.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 24, 1998

- [Acate municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acate/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (1,036)

## 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 Acate

- 1998 Acate mayoral election
- [1998 Acate municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acate/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acate/1998-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acate/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.json.