# 1997 Balestrate mayoral election

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

Raffaele Tuzzo won with 59.7% of the vote, 19.3 points ahead of Girolamo Di Benedetto.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raffaele Tuzzo | 2,134 | 59.7% | Elected |
| Girolamo Di Benedetto | 1,443 | 40.3% |  |

Valid votes: 3,577

Turnout: 60.5% (3,798 of 6,274 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Salvatore Bonaviri, 42.5%
- November 30, 1997: Raffaele Tuzzo, 59.7%

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

- [Balestrate municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate/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 Balestrate

- 1997 Balestrate mayoral election
- [1997 Balestrate municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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