# 1997 Paternò mayoral election

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

Grazia Maria Ligresti won with 52.1% of the vote, 36.1 points ahead of Alfio Rosario Paolo Nicotra.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grazia Maria Ligresti | 15,076 | 52.1% | Elected |
| Alfio Rosario Paolo Nicotra | 4,624 | 16.0% |  |
| Vincenzo Capetta | 4,043 | 14.0% |  |
| Vincenzo Indelicato | 3,613 | 12.5% |  |
| Nunziato Detto Nunzio Fiorito | 850 | 2.9% |  |
| Lucia Nunzia Magnano | 641 | 2.2% |  |
| Giuseppe Carone | 97 | 0.3% |  |

Valid votes: 28,944

Turnout: 84.6% (32,551 of 38,455 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/paterno/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Detto Pippo Failla, 52.2%
- November 30, 1997: Grazia Maria Ligresti, 52.1%

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

- [Paternò municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/paterno/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 Paternò

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

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