# 1998 Ragusa mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Ragusa](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/ragusa.md), June 7, 1998

Domenico Arezzo won with 53.6% of the vote, 7.1 points ahead of Giorgio Chessari.

> 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/ragusa/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md), May 24, 1998

- Domenico Arezzo, 28.8% (Advanced)
- Giorgio Chessari, 27.2% (Advanced)
- Giovanni Francesco Antoci, 23.0%

### Second round, June 7, 1998

- Domenico Arezzo, 53.6% (Elected)
- Giorgio Chessari, 46.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Domenico Arezzo | 19,840 | 53.6% | Elected |
| Giorgio Chessari | 17,193 | 46.4% |  |

Valid votes: 37,033

Turnout: 65.3% (38,318 of 58,663 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 8, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/ragusa/2003-06-08-runoff/sindaco.md): Antonino Solarino, 54.2%
- June 7, 1998: Domenico Arezzo, 53.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 7, 1998

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1998-05-24-local.md) (72)

## 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/ragusa/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/ragusa/1998-06-07-runoff/sindaco.json.