# 1998 Giarre mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Giarre](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/giarre.md), June 7, 1998

Giuseppe Toscano won with 55.2% of the vote, 10.5 points ahead of Giuseppe Russo.

> 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/giarre/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md), May 24, 1998

- Giuseppe Toscano, 38.4% (Advanced)
- Giuseppe Russo, 35.6% (Advanced)
- Carmelo Giuseppe Calì, 26.1%

### Second round, June 7, 1998

- Giuseppe Toscano, 55.2% (Elected)
- Giuseppe Russo, 44.8%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giuseppe Toscano | 8,522 | 55.2% | Elected |
| Giuseppe Russo | 6,909 | 44.8% |  |

Valid votes: 15,431

Turnout: 67.4% (16,132 of 23,949 registered)

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 7, 1998

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (72)

## 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/giarre/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/giarre/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.json.