# 1997 Palermo municipal council election

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

LA RETE-MOV.DEM. won 34 of the 50 seats, with 69.2% 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: LA RETE-MOV.DEM. 34, FI 7, AN 5, Italian Renewal 2, and PRC 2.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 42,959 | 14.1% | 7 | Won |
| National Alliance | 28,758 | 9.5% | 5 | Won |
| Italian Renewal | 12,408 | 4.1% | 2 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 9,379 | 3.1% | 2 | Won |
| LA RETE-MOV.DEM. | 210,529 | 69.2% | 34 | Won |

Valid votes: 304,033

Turnout: 69.2% (399,844 of 577,920 registered)

## This race in other years

- November 30, 1997: LA RETE-MOV.DEM., Forza Italia, PDS-ALTRE, National Alliance, CDU, PPI (POP), CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Italian Renewal, UDF, Communist Refoundation Party, CATTOLICI LIBERALI, FEDERAZIONE DEI VERDI-ALTRI
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI-DN, L.VERDE-VERDI ARC., UN POP SIC, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, UN. POP. SIC., LISTA CIVICA, LISTA VERDE, DEM. PROL.
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, MOV NUOVA REP, DEM. PROL.
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, PRi, MSI, PSU, Italian Liberal Party, PSIUP, PDIUM, IND
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, PDIUM, PSIUP, IND., MOV NUOVA REP

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

- [Palermo mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/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 Palermo

- [1997 Palermo mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Palermo municipal council election

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