# 1997 Aragona mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Aragona](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona.md), December 14, 1997

Biagio Raimondo Bellanca won with 51.4% of the vote, 2.7 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. The winner is the candidate the open data marks as elected mayor.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md), November 30, 1997

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

### Second round, December 14, 1997

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

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biagio Raimondo Bellanca | 3,196 | 51.4% | Elected |
| Alfonso Tedesco | 3,025 | 48.6% |  |

Valid votes: 6,221

Turnout: 46.3% (6,399 of 13,824 registered)

## Also on the ballot in Italy on December 14, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-30-local.md) (25)

## 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/aragona/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/aragona/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco.json.