# 1998 Ribera mayoral election, second round

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

Giuseppe Cortese won with 52.0% of the vote, 4.0 points ahead of Antonio Sgrò. Antonio Sgrò led the first round with 43.9%.

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

- Antonio Sgrò, 43.9% (Advanced)
- Giuseppe Cortese, 26.1% (Advanced)
- Pietro D'Anna, 22.8%

### Second round, June 7, 1998

- Giuseppe Cortese, 52.0% (Elected)
- Antonio Sgrò, 48.0%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giuseppe Cortese | 6,149 | 52.0% | Elected |
| Antonio Sgrò | 5,673 | 48.0% |  |

Valid votes: 11,822

Turnout: 59.7% (12,222 of 20,468 registered)

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