# 1998 Riesi mayoral election, second round

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

Giuseppe Miccichè won with 52.6% of the vote, 5.3 points ahead of Carlo Crapanzano.

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

- Giuseppe Miccichè, 33.5% (Advanced)
- Carlo Crapanzano, 29.2% (Advanced)
- Rocco Vitello, 25.8%

### Second round, June 7, 1998

- Giuseppe Miccichè, 52.6% (Elected)
- Carlo Crapanzano, 47.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giuseppe Miccichè | 3,591 | 52.6% | Elected |
| Carlo Crapanzano | 3,232 | 47.4% |  |

Valid votes: 6,823

Turnout: 48.4% (7,152 of 14,778 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 8, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/2003-06-08-runoff/sindaco.md): Lino Carrubba, 56.3%
- June 7, 1998: Giuseppe Miccichè, 52.6%

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