# 1998 Pistoia mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Toscana](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana.md) / [Pistoia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia.md), May 24, 1998

Lido Scarpetti won with 54.5% of the vote, 31.3 points ahead of Umberto Semplici.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lido Scarpetti | 26,530 | 54.5% | Elected |
| Umberto Semplici | 11,258 | 23.1% |  |
| Floriano Frosetti | 5,768 | 11.8% |  |
| Eugenio Bonafede | 2,100 | 4.3% |  |
| Franco Lorenzi | 1,782 | 3.7% |  |
| Vezio Gai | 1,279 | 2.6% |  |

Valid votes: 48,717

Turnout: 69.7% (53,120 of 76,163 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Giovanni Capecchi, 54.4%
- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Samuele Bertinelli, 59.0%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Renzo Berti, 53.3%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Renzo Berti, 62.4%
- May 24, 1998: Lido Scarpetti, 54.5%
- [June 12, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/1994-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Lido Scarpetti, 62.1%

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

- [Pistoia municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/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 Pistoia

- 1998 Pistoia mayoral election
- [1998 Pistoia municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/pistoia/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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