# 1997 Piazza Armerina mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Piazza Armerina](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/piazza-armerina.md), December 14, 1997

Fulvio Salvatore Sottosanti won with 56.3% of the vote, 12.6 points ahead of Ivan Giuseppe Velardita. Ivan Giuseppe Velardita led the first round with 42.6%.

> 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/piazza-armerina/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md), November 30, 1997

- Ivan Giuseppe Velardita, 42.6% (Advanced)
- Fulvio Salvatore Sottosanti, 34.6% (Advanced)
- Rosario Ettore Italo Politi, 20.9%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Fulvio Salvatore Sottosanti, 56.3% (Elected)
- Ivan Giuseppe Velardita, 43.7%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fulvio Salvatore Sottosanti | 6,795 | 56.3% | Elected |
| Ivan Giuseppe Velardita | 5,269 | 43.7% |  |

Valid votes: 12,064

Turnout: 58.5% (12,488 of 21,351 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 26, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/piazza-armerina/2004-06-26-runoff/sindaco.md): Maurizio Prestifilippo, 52.1%
- December 14, 1997: Fulvio Salvatore Sottosanti, 56.3%

## 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/piazza-armerina/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/piazza-armerina/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco.json.