# 1997 Montevarchi municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Toscana](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana.md) / [Montevarchi](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi.md), April 27, 1997

The Olive Tree won 10 of the 19 seats, with 45.5% 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: Olive Tree 10, LISTA CIVICA 6, and PRC 3.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Olive Tree | 5,427 | 45.5% | 10 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 1,774 | 14.9% | 3 | Won |
| LISTA CIVICA | 4,722 | 39.6% | 6 | Won |

Valid votes: 11,923

Turnout: 84.3% (15,747 of 18,686 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/2011-05-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democratic Party, DEMOCRATICI, PRIMA MONTEVARCHI, LA SINISTRA, IMPRESA E INNOVAZIONE, Italy of Values
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/2006-05-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): The Olive Tree, Forza Italia, LISTA INDIPENDENTE, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), Party of Italian Communists, National Alliance, Communist Refoundation Party
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/2001-05-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): The Olive Tree, BENINI SINDACO, LISTA INDIPENDENTE, Party of Italian Communists
- April 27, 1997: The Olive Tree, LISTA CIVICA, Communist Refoundation Party, LISTA CIVICA
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/1993-06-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): IND, PDS, LISTA CIVICA
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, PSIUP

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 27, 1997

- [Montevarchi mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (2,218)

## 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 Montevarchi

- [1997 Montevarchi mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/montevarchi/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md)
- 1997 Montevarchi municipal council election

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