# 1997 Villafranca Sicula municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Villafranca Sicula](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula.md), November 30, 1997

CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE) won 7 of the 12 seats, with 66.2% 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: CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE) 7 and Olive Tree 5.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Olive Tree | 382 | 33.8% | 5 | Won |
| CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE) | 749 | 66.2% | 7 | Won |

Valid votes: 1,131

Turnout: 74.1% (1,206 of 1,628 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), 100.0%
- November 30, 1997: CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), The Olive Tree
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTE DI SINISTRA, Christian Democracy
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, SINISTRA UNITA
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTE DI CENTRO SINISTRA, Italian Communist Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): ETEROGENEE, Italian Communist Party
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, MISTE DI CENTRO SINISTRA

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

- [Villafranca Sicula mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.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 Villafranca Sicula

- [1997 Villafranca Sicula mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/villafranca-sicula/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Villafranca Sicula municipal council election

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