# 1997 Patti mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Patti](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/patti.md), December 14, 1997

Salvatore Olivo won with 54.4% of the vote, 8.8 points ahead of Lucio Melita. Lucio Melita led the first round with 40.7%.

> 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.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/patti/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md), November 30, 1997

- Lucio Melita, 40.7% (Advanced)
- Salvatore Olivo, 40.2% (Advanced)
- Franco Francesco Cimino Cimino, 19.1%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Salvatore Olivo, 54.4% (Elected)
- Lucio Melita, 45.6%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salvatore Olivo | 4,626 | 54.4% | Elected |
| Lucio Melita | 3,876 | 45.6% |  |

Valid votes: 8,502

Turnout: 76.2% (8,713 of 11,429 registered)

## Also on the ballot in Italy on December 14, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-30-local.md) (25)

## 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).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/patti/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/patti/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco.json.