# 1998 Acireale mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Acireale](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acireale.md), June 7, 1998

Agostino Pennisi won with 62.4% of the vote, 24.9 points ahead of Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi.

> 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/sicilia/acireale/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md), May 24, 1998

- Agostino Pennisi, 39.5% (Advanced)
- Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi, 37.3% (Advanced)
- Franco Buscemi, 19.2%

### Second round, June 7, 1998

- Agostino Pennisi, 62.4% (Elected)
- Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi, 37.6%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agostino Pennisi | 16,457 | 62.4% | Elected |
| Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi | 9,900 | 37.6% |  |

Valid votes: 26,357

Turnout: 69.6% (29,137 of 41,856 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 26, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acireale/2004-06-26-runoff/sindaco.md): Antonino Garozzo, 53.8%
- June 7, 1998: Agostino Pennisi, 62.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 7, 1998

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (72)

## 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/sicilia/acireale/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/acireale/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.json.