# 1997 Catania mayoral 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

Vincenzo Detto Enzo Bianco won with 63.2% of the vote, 30.1 points ahead of Benito Paolone.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vincenzo Detto Enzo Bianco | 108,646 | 63.2% | Elected |
| Benito Paolone | 56,789 | 33.0% |  |
| Matteo Bonaccorso | 1,926 | 1.1% |  |
| Silvia Verzì | 1,741 | 1.0% |  |
| Pietro Figura | 1,203 | 0.7% |  |
| Giuseppe Campo | 1,012 | 0.6% |  |
| Gaetano Paolo Roberto Leo | 701 | 0.4% |  |

Valid votes: 172,018

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/sindaco.md): Umberto Scapagnini, 56.6%
- November 30, 1997: Vincenzo Detto Enzo Bianco, 63.2%

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

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

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

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