# 1997 Leonforte mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Leonforte](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte.md), December 14, 1997

Vito Manuele won with 60.9% of the vote, 21.8 points ahead of Antonino Di Leonforte. Antonino Di Leonforte led the first round with 35.5%.

> 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/leonforte/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md), November 30, 1997

- Antonino Di Leonforte, 35.5% (Advanced)
- Vito Manuele, 30.5% (Advanced)
- Aldo Longo, 27.4%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Vito Manuele, 60.9% (Elected)
- Antonino Di Leonforte, 39.1%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vito Manuele | 4,889 | 60.9% | Elected |
| Antonino Di Leonforte | 3,142 | 39.1% |  |

Valid votes: 8,031

Turnout: 62.3% (8,387 of 13,452 registered)

## Also on the ballot in Italy on December 14, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-30-local.md) (25)

## 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/leonforte/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/leonforte/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco.json.