# 1997 Butera mayoral election

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

Carmelo Scuvera won with 40.9% of the vote, 4.8 points ahead of Aldo Maria Cateno Scichilone.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carmelo Scuvera | 1,536 | 40.9% | Elected |
| Aldo Maria Cateno Scichilone | 1,356 | 36.1% |  |
| Giuseppe Messina | 861 | 22.9% |  |

Valid votes: 3,753

Turnout: 64.9% (3,857 of 5,940 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/butera/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Aldo Maria Cateno Scichilone, 38.6%
- November 30, 1997: Carmelo Scuvera, 40.9%

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

- [Butera municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/butera/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 Butera

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

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