# 1997 Merì mayoral election

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

Carmelo De Paola won with 50.03% of the vote, 0.07 points ahead of Felice Borghese.

> 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.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carmelo De Paola | 731 | 50.0% | Elected |
| Felice Borghese | 730 | 49.97% |  |

Valid votes: 1,461

Turnout: 86.0% (1,539 of 1,790 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/meri/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Vittorio Francesco Rundo, 51.5%
- November 30, 1997: Carmelo De Paola, 50.0%

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

- [Merì municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/meri/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.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 Merì

- 1997 Merì mayoral election
- [1997 Merì municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/meri/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/meri/1997-11-30-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/meri/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.json.