# 1997 Taormina mayoral election

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

Mario Bolognari won with 55.6% of the vote, 19.2 points ahead of Mauro Passalacqua.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mario Bolognari | 3,929 | 55.6% | Elected |
| Mauro Passalacqua | 2,570 | 36.4% |  |
| Cesare Restuccia | 564 | 8.0% |  |

Valid votes: 7,063

Turnout: 78.9% (7,336 of 9,302 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/taormina/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Aurelio Turiano, 52.9%
- November 30, 1997: Mario Bolognari, 55.6%

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

- [Taormina municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/taormina/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 Taormina

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

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