# 1997 Sciacca mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Sciacca](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sciacca.md), December 14, 1997

Ignazio Messina won with 58.6% of the vote, 17.2 points ahead of Damiano Geraldi. Damiano Geraldi led the first round with 34.1%.

> 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/sciacca/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md), November 30, 1997

- Damiano Geraldi, 34.1% (Advanced)
- Ignazio Messina, 32.9% (Advanced)
- Accursio Montalbano, 27.4%

### Second round, December 14, 1997

- Ignazio Messina, 58.6% (Elected)
- Damiano Geraldi, 41.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ignazio Messina | 12,519 | 58.6% | Elected |
| Damiano Geraldi | 8,852 | 41.4% |  |

Valid votes: 21,371

Turnout: 68.3% (22,924 of 33,546 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 26, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sciacca/2004-06-26-runoff/sindaco.md): Mario Turturici, 52.1%
- December 14, 1997: Ignazio Messina, 58.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on December 14, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-30-local.md) (25)

## 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/sciacca/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sciacca/1997-12-14-runoff/sindaco.json.