# 1997 Sortino mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Sortino](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino.md), November 30, 1997

Orazio Mezzio won with 40.9% of the vote, 4.6 points ahead of Paolo Sanzaro.

> 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.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orazio Mezzio | 2,503 | 40.9% | Elected |
| Paolo Sanzaro | 2,221 | 36.3% |  |
| Vincenza Ciaffaglione | 1,400 | 22.9% |  |

Valid votes: 6,124

Turnout: 75.7% (6,426 of 8,489 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Orazio Mezzio, 52.8%
- November 30, 1997: Orazio Mezzio, 40.9%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on November 30, 1997

- [Sortino municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-11-30-local.md) (372)

## 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 Sortino

- 1997 Sortino mayoral election
- [1997 Sortino municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/1997-11-30-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sortino/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.json.