# 1997 Catania municipal council election

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

CON BIANCO won 33 of the 45 seats, with 72.0% 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: CON BIANCO 33, FI 6, AN 5, and PRC 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 19,443 | 12.8% | 6 | Won |
| National Alliance | 16,673 | 11.0% | 5 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 3,850 | 2.5% | 1 | Won |
| Federation of the Greens | 2,486 | 1.6% |  |  |
| CON BIANCO | 109,058 | 72.0% | 33 | Won |

Valid votes: 151,510

Turnout: 64.4% (177,826 of 276,013 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 16, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/2000-04-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, I DEMOCRATICI, National Alliance, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Democrats of the Left, PPI (POP), CDU, Italian Renewal, CATANIA VIVA, IL TRIFOGLIO, U.D.EUR, SDI
- November 30, 1997: CON BIANCO, Forza Italia, PPI (POP), National Alliance, CDU, CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.), CENTRO CRIST.DEM., MOV.DEM.ITALIANO, Communist Refoundation Party
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI-DN, Italian Socialist Party
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Republican Party, MSI DN, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, LISTA CIVICA
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, UN SICILIA, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Republican Party, PSU, PDIUM, PSI UP
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, PSIUP, Italian Republican Party

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

- [Catania mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/catania/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 Catania

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

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