# 1997 Belpasso municipal council election

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

PDS won 14 of the 20 seats, with 74.3% 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 14, AN 3, FI 2, and PRC 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Alliance | 1,446 | 12.7% | 3 | Won |
| Forza Italia | 1,025 | 9.0% | 2 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 465 | 4.1% | 1 | Won |
| PDS | 8,476 | 74.3% | 14 | Won |

Valid votes: 11,412

Turnout: 82.2% (12,881 of 15,671 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, National Alliance, Union of the Centre, DL.LA MARGHERITA, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), Democrats of the Left, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), New PSI, NUOVA SICILIA, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE)
- November 30, 1997: PDS, PPI (POP), National Alliance, CDU, Forza Italia, CENTRO, SINISTRA, LISTA CIVICA, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., CENTRO, Communist Refoundation Party
- [May 28, 1989](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/1989-05-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, LISTA CIVICA, Italian Communist Party, IND, Italian Liberal Party
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTA DI SINISTRA, Christian Democracy, Italian Democratic Socialist Party

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

- [Belpasso mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/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 Belpasso

- [1997 Belpasso mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Belpasso municipal council election

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