# 1997 Barrafranca municipal council election

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

PDS won 11 of the 20 seats, with 60.5% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: PDS 11, FI 7, PRC 1, and AN 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 1,933 | 22.3% | 7 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 1,073 | 12.4% | 1 | Won |
| National Alliance | 417 | 4.8% | 1 | Won |
| PDS | 5,245 | 60.5% | 11 | Won |

Valid votes: 8,668

Turnout: 59.3% (9,317 of 15,709 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/barrafranca/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, Democrats of the Left, Union of the Centre, LIBERALSOCIALISTI, DL.LA MARGHERITA, CENTRO, National Alliance, New PSI, LISTA CIVICA, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), NUOVA SICILIA
- November 30, 1997: Forza Italia, PDS, PPI (POP), CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), CDU, Communist Refoundation Party, SOCIALISTA, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., National Alliance

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

- [1997 Barrafranca mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/barrafranca/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.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 Barrafranca

- [1997 Barrafranca mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/barrafranca/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Barrafranca municipal council election

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