# 1997 Aragona mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Aragona](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona.md), November 30, 1997

Biagio Raimondo Bellanca led with 36.1% of the vote, 2.6 points ahead of Alfonso Tedesco.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, November 30, 1997

- Biagio Raimondo Bellanca, 36.1% (Advanced)
- Alfonso Tedesco, 33.4% (Advanced)
- Giovanni Calogero Lattuca, 30.5%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco.md), December 14, 1997

- Biagio Raimondo Bellanca, 51.4% (Elected)
- Alfonso Tedesco, 48.6%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biagio Raimondo Bellanca | 2,406 | 36.1% | Advanced |
| Alfonso Tedesco | 2,231 | 33.4% | Advanced |
| Giovanni Calogero Lattuca | 2,035 | 30.5% |  |

Valid votes: 6,672

Turnout: 50.1% (6,930 of 13,824 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Biagio Raimondo Bellanca, 53.9%
- November 30, 1997: Biagio Raimondo Bellanca, 51.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on November 30, 1997

- [Aragona municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-30-local.md) (372)

## 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 Aragona

- 1997 Aragona mayoral election, first round
- [1997 Aragona municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-11-30-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.json.