# 1998 Gravina di Catania mayoral election, first round

[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

Fabrizio Giovanni Donzelli led with 42.7% of the vote, 12.4 points ahead of Elio Marotta.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, May 24, 1998

- Fabrizio Giovanni Donzelli, 42.7% (Advanced)
- Elio Marotta, 30.3% (Advanced)
- Carmelo Umberto Contrafatto, 27.1%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.md), June 7, 1998

- Fabrizio Giovanni Donzelli, 54.2% (Elected)
- Elio Marotta, 45.8%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabrizio Giovanni Donzelli | 6,688 | 42.7% | Advanced |
| Elio Marotta | 4,748 | 30.3% | Advanced |
| Carmelo Umberto Contrafatto | 4,245 | 27.1% |  |

Valid votes: 15,681

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/sindaco.md): Gaetano Bonfiglio, 52.5%
- May 24, 1998: Fabrizio Giovanni Donzelli, 54.2%

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

- [Gravina di Catania municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.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
- [1998 Gravina di Catania municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gravina-di-catania/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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