# 1997 Palermo mayoral 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

Leoluca Orlando won with 58.6% of the vote, 23.4 points ahead of Giovanni Detto "Gianfranco" Miccichè.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leoluca Orlando | 207,448 | 58.6% | Elected |
| Giovanni Detto "Gianfranco" Miccichè | 124,670 | 35.2% |  |
| Pietro Di Marco | 8,835 | 2.5% |  |
| Filippo Fiuseppe Cucina | 4,869 | 1.4% |  |
| Raffaele Detto "Sindaco Isidoro" Sabato | 2,305 | 0.7% |  |
| Matteo Scognamiglio | 1,879 | 0.5% |  |
| Antonino Macaluso | 1,720 | 0.5% |  |
| Antonio Di Ianni | 1,344 | 0.4% |  |
| Salvatore Di Filippo | 634 | 0.2% |  |
| Giovanni Profeta | 462 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 354,166

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

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

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

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

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