# 1997 Leonforte municipal council election

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

PDS won 16 of the 20 seats, with 76.6% 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: PDS 16, AN 2, Olive Tree 1, and PRC 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Alliance | 772 | 9.3% | 2 | Won |
| The Olive Tree | 608 | 7.3% | 1 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 567 | 6.8% | 1 | Won |
| PDS | 6,379 | 76.6% | 16 | Won |

Valid votes: 8,326

Turnout: 68.6% (9,231 of 13,452 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/2003-05-25-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, DL.LA MARGHERITA, Union of the Centre, SINISTRA DEMOCRATICA, Forza Italia, National Alliance, U.D.EUR
- November 30, 1997: PDS, PPI (POP), LA RETE-ALTRI, CENTRO, National Alliance, The Olive Tree, Communist Refoundation Party, SOCIALISTA, FORZA ITALIA-CCD
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, IND., MSI DN, Italian Republican Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN, IND.
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTA DI SINISTRA, Christian Democracy, MSI, Italian Socialist Party, PSU
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, MSI, PSIUP, Italian Republican Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party

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

- [1997 Leonforte mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.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 Leonforte

- [1997 Leonforte mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Leonforte municipal council election

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