# 1997 Caltagirone mayoral election, second round

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

Maria Detta Marilena Samperi won with 58.3% of the vote, 16.6 points ahead of Giovanni Detto Gino Ioppolo.

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

- Maria Detta Marilena Samperi, 36.8% (Advanced)
- Giovanni Detto Gino Ioppolo, 27.1% (Advanced)
- Francesco Navanzino, 18.9%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Maria Detta Marilena Samperi, 58.3% (Elected)
- Giovanni Detto Gino Ioppolo, 41.7%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Detta Marilena Samperi | 12,025 | 58.3% | Elected |
| Giovanni Detto Gino Ioppolo | 8,602 | 41.7% |  |

Valid votes: 20,627

Turnout: 65.6% (21,369 of 32,593 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 9, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/caltagirone/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md): Francesco Pignataro, 51.3%
- December 14, 1997: Maria Detta Marilena Samperi, 58.3%

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