# 1997 Terni mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Umbria](https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria.md) / [Terni](https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria/terni.md), May 11, 1997

Gianfranco Ciaurro won with 52.8% of the vote, 5.5 points ahead of Giampaolo Palazzesi.

> 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.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria/terni/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md), April 27, 1997

- Gianfranco Ciaurro, 48.1% (Advanced)
- Giampaolo Palazzesi, 47.6% (Advanced)
- Francesco Renzetti, 3.1%

### Second round, May 11, 1997

- Gianfranco Ciaurro, 52.8% (Elected)
- Giampaolo Palazzesi, 47.2%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gianfranco Ciaurro | 39,063 | 52.8% | Elected |
| Giampaolo Palazzesi | 34,958 | 47.2% |  |

Valid votes: 74,021

Turnout: 80.2% (75,446 of 94,045 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 21, 2009](https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria/terni/2009-06-21-runoff/sindaco.md): Leopoldo Di Girolamo, 53.0%
- May 11, 1997: Gianfranco Ciaurro, 52.8%
- [June 20, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria/terni/1993-06-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Gianfranco Ciaurro, 50.2%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 11, 1997

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1997-04-27-local.md) (76)

## 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).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria/terni/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/umbria/terni/1997-05-11-runoff/sindaco.json.
