# 1998 Messina mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Messina](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina.md), May 24, 1998

Salvatore Francesco Leonardi won with 53.3% of the vote, 11.2 points ahead of Francesco Providenti.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salvatore Francesco Leonardi | 77,402 | 53.3% | Elected |
| Francesco Providenti | 61,084 | 42.0% |  |
| Massimo Mollica | 4,499 | 3.1% |  |
| Antonino Ragusa | 1,564 | 1.1% |  |
| Giuseppe Luciano Tringali | 737 | 0.5% |  |

Valid votes: 145,286

Turnout: 78.2% (161,975 of 207,120 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 27, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2005-11-27-local/sindaco.md): Francantonio Genovese, 54.6%
- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Buzzanca, 53.9%
- May 24, 1998: Salvatore Francesco Leonardi, 53.3%

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

- [Messina municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/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 Messina

- 1998 Messina mayoral election
- [1998 Messina municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1998-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/messina/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.json.