# 1997 Ficarazzi mayoral election

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

Gioacchino Macchiarella won with 44.6% of the vote, 3.4 points ahead of Giuseppe Macchiarella.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gioacchino Macchiarella | 2,352 | 44.6% | Elected |
| Giuseppe Macchiarella | 2,174 | 41.2% |  |
| Gesualdo Clemente | 595 | 11.3% |  |
| Vincenzo Ceruso | 153 | 2.9% |  |

Valid votes: 5,274

Turnout: 78.6% (5,611 of 7,138 registered)

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

- [Ficarazzi municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/ficarazzi/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 Ficarazzi

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

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