# 1998 Gravina di Catania municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Gravina di Catania](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania.md), May 24, 1998

CDU won 8 of the 20 seats, with 50.8% 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: CDU 8, FI 6, AN 4, DS 1, and Italian Renewal 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 2,804 | 19.3% | 6 | Won |
| National Alliance | 1,999 | 13.7% | 4 | Won |
| Democrats of the Left | 1,118 | 7.7% | 1 | Won |
| Italian Renewal | 870 | 6.0% | 1 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 374 | 2.6% |  |  |
| CDU | 7,399 | 50.8% | 8 | Won |

Valid votes: 14,564

Turnout: 79.1% (17,204 of 21,745 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/2003-05-25-local/consiglio-comunale.md): DL.LA MARGHERITA, Forza Italia, New PSI, National Alliance, LISTA CIVICA, FIAMMA TRICOLORE, Democrats of the Left, NUOVA SICILIA
- May 24, 1998: Forza Italia, National Alliance, CDU, CDR, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Democrats of the Left, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), PPI (POP), Italian Renewal, CON BIANCO
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Republican Party, MSI-DN
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Socialist Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, IND, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTE DI CENTRO SINISTRA, Christian Democracy
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 24, 1998

- [1998 Gravina di Catania mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (1,036)

## 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 Gravina di Catania

- [1998 Gravina di Catania mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md)
- 1998 Gravina di Catania municipal council election

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