# 1998 Poggioreale mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Poggioreale](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/poggioreale.md), May 24, 1998

Pietro Vella won with 55.3% of the vote, 10.5 points ahead of Giuseppe Chiappetta.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pietro Vella | 694 | 55.3% | Elected |
| Giuseppe Chiappetta | 562 | 44.7% |  |

Valid votes: 1,256

Turnout: 67.5% (1,296 of 1,920 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/poggioreale/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Vella, 55.8%
- May 24, 1998: Pietro Vella, 55.3%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 24, 1998

- [Poggioreale municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/poggioreale/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (1,036)

## 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 Poggioreale

- 1998 Poggioreale mayoral election
- [1998 Poggioreale municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/poggioreale/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/poggioreale/1998-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/poggioreale/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.json.