# 1997 Avola mayoral election, second round

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

Gaetano Cancemi won with 56.8% of the vote, 13.7 points ahead of Mariano Ferro.

> 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/avola/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md), November 30, 1997

- Gaetano Cancemi, 43.9% (Advanced)
- Mariano Ferro, 25.6% (Advanced)
- Salvatore Magro, 24.6%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Gaetano Cancemi, 56.8% (Elected)
- Mariano Ferro, 43.2%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gaetano Cancemi | 8,352 | 56.8% | Elected |
| Mariano Ferro | 6,341 | 43.2% |  |

Valid votes: 14,693

Turnout: 57.4% (15,243 of 26,535 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 9, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/avola/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md): Albino Di Giovanni, 51.3%
- [April 30, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/avola/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.md): Salvatore Giansiracusa, 52.0%
- December 14, 1997: Gaetano Cancemi, 56.8%

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