# 1998 Viagrande mayoral election

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

Vincenzo Sanfilippo won with 40.2% of the vote, 8.5 points ahead of Ettore Barbagallo.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vincenzo Sanfilippo | 1,558 | 40.2% | Elected |
| Ettore Barbagallo | 1,230 | 31.7% |  |
| Giuseppe Benanti | 1,090 | 28.1% |  |

Valid votes: 3,878

Turnout: 83.5% (4,046 of 4,843 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/viagrande/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Venera Cavallaro, 42.3%
- May 24, 1998: Vincenzo Sanfilippo, 40.2%

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

- [Viagrande municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/viagrande/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.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 Viagrande

- 1998 Viagrande mayoral election
- [1998 Viagrande municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/viagrande/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/viagrande/1998-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/viagrande/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.json.