# 1997 Carlentini mayoral election, second round

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

Giovanni Liuzzo won with 51.2% of the vote, 2.5 points ahead of Mario Battaglia.

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

- Giovanni Liuzzo, 34.0% (Advanced)
- Mario Battaglia, 23.7% (Advanced)
- Cino Anzalone, 22.1%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Giovanni Liuzzo, 51.2% (Elected)
- Mario Battaglia, 48.8%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giovanni Liuzzo | 4,368 | 51.2% | Elected |
| Mario Battaglia | 4,157 | 48.8% |  |

Valid votes: 8,525

Turnout: 61.0% (8,988 of 14,737 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 30, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/carlentini/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.md): Mario Battaglia, 64.9%
- December 14, 1997: Giovanni Liuzzo, 51.2%

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