# 1998 Riposto municipal council election

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

SINISTRA won 17 of the 20 seats, with 87.0% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: SINISTRA 17, FI 2, and AN 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 692 | 7.9% | 2 | Won |
| National Alliance | 450 | 5.1% | 1 | Won |
| SINISTRA | 7,660 | 87.0% | 17 | Won |

Valid votes: 8,802

Turnout: 76.7% (9,579 of 12,485 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/2003-05-25-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, LIBERALSOCIALISTI, Forza Italia, Union of the Centre, LISTA CIVICA, National Alliance, DL.LA MARGHERITA, LISTA CIVICA, SDI, Italy of Values
- May 24, 1998: SINISTRA, CDR, SINISTRA, Forza Italia, SINISTRA, PPI (POP), CDU, National Alliance
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Socialist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, LISTA CIVICA, Italian Liberal Party, EUROPA LIBERALE, Italian Republican Party
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, MSI DN
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Socialist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MISTA DI CENTRO, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Socialist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, MISTA DI SINISTRA, Italian Republican Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, IND., PCI PSIUP, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI

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

- [Riposto mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.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 Riposto

- [1998 Riposto mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riposto/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md)
- 1998 Riposto municipal council election

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