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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1997 Rome mayoral election
| election_name = 1997 Rome municipal election
| country =
| country =
| flag_image = Flag of Rome.svg
| flag_image = Flag of Rome.svg
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| next_year = 2001
| next_year = 2001
| election_date = 16 November 1997
| election_date = 16 November 1997
| turnout = 74.0%
| turnout = 74.1% {{decrease}} 4.6 [[percentage point|pp]]

| image1 = [[File:Francesco Rutelli 2001 crop.jpg|180x180px]]
| module = {{Infobox election
| embed = yes
| election_name = Mayoral election
| type = presidential election

| 1blank = Popular vote
| 2blank = Percentage

| image1 = [[File:Francesco Rutelli 2001 crop.jpg|160x160px]]
| candidate1 = [[Francesco Rutelli]]
| candidate1 = [[Francesco Rutelli]]
| party1 = Federation of the Greens
| party1 = [[Federation of the Greens|FdV]]
| last_election1 =
| colour1 = F0002B
| alliance1= Centre-left coalition (Italy)
| swing1 =
| popular_vote1 = '''985,361'''
| 1data1 = '''985,361'''
| percentage1 = '''60.4%'''
| 2data1 = '''60.4%'''
| image2 =[[File:Unknown-person.gif|140x140px]]
| image2 =[[File:Italy politic personality icon.svg|160x160px]]
| candidate2 = Pierluigi Borghini
| candidate2 = Pierluigi Borghini
| party2 = National Alliance (Italy)
| party2 = [[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]]
| colour2 = 0A6BE1
| alliance2= Centre-right coalition (Italy)
| last_election2 =
| last_election2 =
| swing2 =
| swing2 =
| popular_vote2 = 586,083
| 1data2 = 586,083
| percentage2 = 35.9%
| 2data2 = 35.9%
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| title = Mayor
| title = Mayor
| before_election = [[Francesco Rutelli]]
| before_election = [[Francesco Rutelli]]
| before_party = Federation of the Greens|Greens
| before_party = [[Federation of the Greens|FdV]]
| after_election = [[Francesco Rutelli]]
| after_election = [[Francesco Rutelli]]
| after_party = Federation of the Greens|Greens
| after_party = [[Federation of the Greens|FdV]]
}}
'''Municipal elections''' were held in [[Rome]] on 16 November 1997 to elect the [[Mayor of Rome]] and 60 members of the [[City Council of Rome|City Council]].


| module = {{Infobox legislative election
As a result of the election the outgoing Mayor [[Francesco Rutelli]] was re-elected on the first round with the 60% of votes.
| election_name = City Council election
| embed = yes
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats in [[City Council of Rome|City Council]]
| majority_seats = 31

| party1 = [[Centre-left coalition|Centre-left]]
| percentage1 = 57.37
| leader1 = Francesco Rutelli
| seats1 = 36
| last_election1 = 36

| party2 = [[Centre-right coalition|Centre-right]]
| percentage2 = 38.62
| leader2 = Pierluigi Borghini
| seats2 = 23
| last_election2 =

| party3 = [[Tricolour Flame]]
| percentage3 = 1.82
| leader3 = Pino Rauti
| seats3 = 1
| last_election3 =

}}}}}}
'''Municipal elections''' were held in [[Rome]] on 16 November 1997 to elect the [[Mayor of Rome]] and 60 members of the [[City Council of Rome|City Council]], as well as the nineteen presidents and more than 400 councillors of the 19 ''[[Administrative subdivisions of Rome|circoscrizioni]]'' in which the municipality was divided.

As a result, incumbent mayor [[Francesco Rutelli]] was re-elected for a second four-year term by a landslide.


==Background==
==Background==
The [[1996 Italian general election|1996 general elections]] showed a strong performance by the [[Centre-left coalition|centre-left coalition]], especially in the city of Rome. Since that moment the political support to leftist parties in the Eternal City started to increase heavily, although the former-fascist [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]] (AN) party continued to maintain a huge number of supporters across the city.
In the [[1996 Italian general election|1996 general elections]] the [[Centre-left coalition (Italy)|centre-left coalition]] led by [[Romano Prodi]] performed strongly in nearly all the urban centers across [[Italy]] and especially in the city of Rome. Since that moment the political support to leftist parties in Rome started to increase heavily, although the former-fascist [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]] (AN) continued to maintain a huge number of supporters across the city.


During the previous years, the incumbent mayor [[Francesco Rutelli]] saw his personal popularity increase among Roman citizens.<ref>{{cite news|date=10 November 1994|title=Il politico più sexy? Francesco Rutelli|language=it|agency=[[la Repubblica]]|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/11/10/il-politico-piu-sexy-francesco-rutelli.html?ref=search|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> During his term in office he promoted some important architectural and urban projects to redevelop the city such as the approval of ''[[Parco della Musica]]'' concert hall designed by [[Renzo Piano]] in 1994<ref>{{cite news|date=26 July 1994|title=Così Piano inventò l'auditorium di Roma|language=it|agency=[[la Repubblica]]|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/07/26/cosi-piano-invento-auditorium-di-roma.html?ref=search|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> and the urban plan called "''Cento piazze''" (literally "One hundred squares") in 1995, a project to renovate different squares and creating new pedestrian zones in many parts of the city, from the historical city center to the suburbs.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 August 1997|title=Piazza del Popolo, nasce l'isola|language=it|agency=[[la Repubblica]]|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/06/28/piazza-del-popolo-nasce-isola.html?ref=search|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> Thanks to this plan many historical and tourist landmarks of Rome were renovated and pedestrianized such as [[Piazza di Spagna ]] (1995) and [[Piazza del Popolo]] (1997).
===Mayoral election===

The [[Centre-right coalition|centre-right coalition]] was led by [[Pierluigi Borghini]], a famous conservative businessman, while the [[Centre-left coalition|centre-left governmental coalition]] was led by the outgoing Mayor [[Francesco Rutelli]].
As a part of his plan to renovate the city, in March 1995 Rutelli submitted an unsuccessful bid to host the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], which were ultimately awarded to [[Athens]] in September 1997.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 March 1995|title=Roma 2004 si candida, Samaranch applaude|language=it|agency=[[la Repubblica]]|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1995/03/17/roma-2004-si-candida-samaranch-applaude.html?ref=search|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>

Against the mayor, the [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right]] [[Pole for Freedoms]] coalition initially seemed intentioned to propose the candidacy of the right-wing deputy [[Francesco Storace]],<ref>{{cite news|date=13 June 1997|title=Fini punta su Storace sindaco di Roma|language=it|agency=[[la Repubblica]]|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/06/13/fini-punta-su-storace-sindaco-di-roma.html?ref=search|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> but ultimately chose [[Pierluigi Borghini]], a famous conservative businessman, in an attempt to gain more votes from independent and centrist voters.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 June 1997|title=Ora il Polo fa pressing su Borghini|language=it|agency=[[la Repubblica]]|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/06/30/ora-il-polo-fa-pressing-su-borghini.html?ref=search|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>


==Voting system==
==Voting system==
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The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.
The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

==Parties and candidates==
This is a list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:left"
|-
!colspan=2|Political party or alliance
!colspan=2|Constituent lists
!Candidate
|-
| rowspan=8 style="background-color:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"|
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center;"| [[Centre-left coalition (Italy)|Centre-left coalition]]<br><small>([[The Olive Tree (political coalition)|The Olive Tree]])</small>
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party of the Left}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Democratic Party of the Left]]
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center;" | [[Francesco Rutelli]]
|-
| bgcolor=pink |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Italian People's Party (1994)|Italian People's Party]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Federation of the Greens]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Communist Refoundation Party]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pannella List}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Pannella List]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Renewal}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Italian Renewal]]
|-
| bgcolor=#FFA500|
| style="text-align=left;"|Rutelli List
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Others}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Others
|-
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}"|
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right coalition]]<br><small>([[Pole for Freedoms]])</small>
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Forza Italia]]
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | Pierluigi Borghini
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Centre}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Christian Democratic Centre]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Others}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Others
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Tricolour Flame}}"|
| colspan=3 style="text-align:left;"| [[Tricolour Flame]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Pino Rauti]]
|}


==Results==
==Results==
{| class="wikitable centre"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|+ Summary of the 1997 [[Rome]] City Council and Mayoral election results
|-
|-
| colspan="10"|[[File:Rome City Council 1997.svg|center|300px]]
!scope="col" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Candidate
!scope="col" rowspan=2 colspan=1|Party
!scope="col" rowspan=2 colspan=1|Coalition
!scope="col" colspan=2|First round
|-
|-
! colspan=2| Candidates
!scope="col" |Votes
! Votes
!scope="col" |%
! %
! Leader's<br>seat
! colspan=2|Parties
! Votes
! %
! Seats
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}" rowspan=11|
|bgcolor="#6CC417"|
|'''[[Francesco Rutelli]]'''
| rowspan=11| '''[[Francesco Rutelli]]'''
| rowspan=11 align=right| '''983,902'''
|'''[[Federation of the Greens|FdV]]'''
| rowspan=11 align=right| '''60.42'''
|[[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]]
|style="text-align: right" | '''985,361'''
| rowspan=11 align=right| ''''''
| rowspan=11 bgcolor="pink"|
|style="text-align: right" | '''60.44'''
| [[Democratic Party of the Left]]
|-
| align=right| 281,832
|bgcolor="#0054A5"|
| align=right| 21.98
| Pierluigi Borghini
| align=right| 15
|[[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]]
|[[Pole for Freedoms]]
| style="text-align: right" | 586,083
| style="text-align: right" | 35.95
|-
|-
| [[Communist Refoundation Party]]
|bgcolor="#000000"|
| align=right| 112,628
| align=right| 8.78
| align=right| 6
|-
| Rutelli List
| align=right| 89,790
| align=right| 7.00
| align=right| 5
|-
| [[Federation of the Greens]]
| align=right| 83,321
| align=right| 6.50
| align=right| 4
|-
| [[Italian People's Party (1994)|Italian People's Party]]
| align=right| 71,123
| align=right| 5.55
| align=right| 3
|-
| [[Italian Renewal]]
| align=right| 29,387
| align=right| 2.29
| align=right| 1
|-
| [[Pannella List]]
| align=right| 20,878
| align=right| 1.63
| align=right| 1
|-
| [[Italian Socialists|Democratic Socialists]]
| align=right| 20,859
| align=right| 1.63
| align=right| 1
|-
| [[Democratic Union (Italy)|Democratic Union]]
| align=right| 17,922
| align=right| 1.40
| align=right| –
|-
| [[Italian Republican Party]]
| align=right| 7,946
| align=right| 0.62
| align=right| –
|-
| bgcolor="pink"|''Total''
| bgcolor="pink" align=right|''735,686''
| bgcolor="pink" align=right|''57.37''
| bgcolor="pink" align=right|'''''36'''''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}" rowspan=6|
| rowspan=6|Pierluigi Borghini
| rowspan=6 align=right| 585,367
| rowspan=6 align=right| 35.94
| rowspan=6 align=right| {{tick|15}}
| rowspan=6 bgcolor="lightblue"|
| [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]]
| align=right| 308,745
| align=right| 24.08
| align=right| 14
|-
| [[Forza Italia]] – [[United Christian Democrats]]
| align=right| 129,391
| align=right| 10.09
| align=right| 6
|-
| [[Christian Democratic Centre]] – [[Segni Pact|Pact for Rome]]
| align=right| 47,681
| align=right| 3.72
| align=right| 2
|-
| [[Federalist Greens]]
| align=right| 5,846
| align=right| 0.46
| align=right| –
|-
| United Italy
| align=right| 3,528
| align=right| 0.28
| align=right| –
|-
| bgcolor="lightblue"|''Total''
| bgcolor="lightblue" align=right|''495,191''
| bgcolor="lightblue" align=right|''38.62''
| bgcolor="lightblue" align=right|'''''22'''''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Tricolour Flame}}" |
| [[Pino Rauti]]
| [[Pino Rauti]]
| align=right| 26,389
|[[Tricolour Flame|MS-FT]]
| align=right| 1.62
| align=right| {{tick|15}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Tricolour Flame}}" |
| [[Tricolour Flame]]
| align=right| 23,380
| align=right| 1.82
| align=right| –
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| Tiziana Parenti
| align=right| 12,586
| align=right| 0.77
| align=right| –
|
|
| Liberal Socialists
| style="text-align: right" | 26,366
| style="text-align: right" | 1.62
| align=right| 10,218
| align=right| 0.80
| align=right|
|-
|-
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| Raffaele D'Ambrosio
| Others
| align=right| 7,988
|
| align=right| 0.49
| align=right| –
|
|
| Humanitas
| style="text-align: right" | 52,818
| style="text-align: right" | 2.02
| align=right| 9,101
| align=right| 0.71
|- bgcolor=white
| align=right| –
|colspan=6|
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|colspan=3|Eligible voters
| Sforza Ruspoli
| align=right| 5,965
| align=right| 0.37
| align=right| –
|
|
| Civic list
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:2302474}}
| align=right| 4,246
| align=right| 0.33
| align=right| –
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Humanist Party (Italy)}}" |
| Marina Larena
| align=right| 4,091
| align=right| 0.25
| align=right| –
| bgcolor="{{party color|Humanist Party (Italy)}}" |
| [[Humanist Party (Italy)|Humanist Party]]
| align=right| 2,687
| align=right| 0.21
| align=right| –
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Southern Action League}}" |
| [[Giancarlo Cito]]
| align=right| 2,233
| align=right| 0.14
| align=right| –
| bgcolor="{{party color|Southern Action League}}" |
| [[Southern Action League]]
| align=right| 1,751
| align=right| 0.14
| align=right| –
|-
|-bgcolor=ececec
| colspan="2"| '''Total'''
| align=right| '''1,628,521'''
| align=right| '''100.00'''
| align=right| '''2'''
| align=right colspan=2|
| align=right| '''1,282,260'''
| align=right| '''100.00'''
| align=right| '''58'''
|-
|colspan=2|Eligible voters
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:2301277}}
|style="text-align: right" |100.00
|style="text-align: right" |100.00
|rowspan=5 colspan=6|
|-
|-
|colspan=3|Voted
|colspan=2|Did not vote
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:596246}}
|
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:1704650}}
|style="text-align: right" |25.91
|style="text-align: right" |74.04
|-
|-
|colspan=3|Blank or invalid ballots
|colspan=2|Voted
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:1705031}}
|
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:69636}}
|style="text-align: right" |74.09
|style="text-align: right" |
|-
|-
|colspan=3|Total valid votes
|colspan=2|Blank or invalid ballots
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:76510}}
|
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:1635014}}
|style="text-align: right" |4.48
|-
|style="text-align: right" |
|colspan=2|Total valid votes
|style="text-align: right" |{{formatnum:1628521}}
|style="text-align: right" |95.52
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Source: [https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=16/11/1997&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=12&levsut1=1&lev2=70&levsut2=2&lev3=900&levsut3=3&ne1=12&ne2=70&ne3=700900&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S Ministry of the Interior]
|}
|}

{{electiontable}}'''Summary of the 1997 [[Rome]] City Council election results
==''Circoscrizioni'' election==
|-
[[File:Roma - Municipi numerata (2001-2013).png|500px|right]]
| colspan="7"| [[File:Rome City Council 1997.svg|center|300px]]
Since 1972 the city of Rome had been [[Administrative subdivisions of Rome|divided into 20 administrative areas]], called ''circoscrizioni'' (reduced to 19 in 1992 after [[Fiumicino]] became an independent ''comune'' separated from Rome). In 1997 for the first time the presidents of each ''circoscrizione'' was directly elected by citizens. No second round was needed since the candidate who received the most votes was elected president.

Table below shows the results for each ''circoscrizione'' with the percentage for each coalition:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:13px"
|- style="height:30px; background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width:50px;" rowspan="2"| Circoscrizione
! style="width:75px;"| [[Centre-left coalition (Italy)|Centre-left]]
! style="width:75px;"| [[Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right]]
! style="width:195px;" rowspan="2" | Elected President
! style="width:75px;" rowspan="2" | Party
|-
|-
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"
! style="background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Centre-right coalition}};"|
! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions
! colspan="1" | Votes
! colspan="1" | %
! colspan="1" | Seats
|-
|-
|I
| style="background-color:pink" rowspan="6" |
| style="background-color:{{Democratic Party of the Left/meta/color}}" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''55.0'''
| 39.7
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Democratic Party of the Left]] (''Partito Democratico della Sinistra'')
| Attilio Bellucci
| PDS
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Italian Renewal|RI]]
| 280,468 || 22.0% || 15
|-
|-
|II
| style="background-color:{{Communist Refoundation Party/meta/color}}" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''48.2'''
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Communist Refoundation Party]] (''Rifondazione Comunista'')
| PRC
| 46.1
| Giuseppe Ignesti
| 112,014 || 8.8% || 6
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
|-
|-
|III
| style="background-color:orange" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Rutelli List (''Lista Rutelli'')
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''53.4'''
| LR
| 41.0
| Vittorio Sartogo
| 89,279 || 7.0% || 5
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Communist Refoundation Party|PRC]]
|-
|-
|IV
| style="background-color:{{Federation of the Greens/meta/color}}" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''53.8'''
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Federation of the Greens]] (''Federazione dei Verdi'')
| FdV
| 32.3
| Massimo Nardi
| 82,785 || 6.5% || 4
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Italian People's Party (1994)|PPI]]
|-
|-
|V
| style="background-color:pink" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''61.5'''
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Italian People's Party (1994)|Italian People's Party]] (''Partito Popolare Italiano'')
| PPI
| 32.5
| Loredana Mezzabotta
| 70,597 || 5.5% || 3
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
|-
|-
|VI
| style="background-color:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Others
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''59.0'''
|
| 32.6
| Enzo Puro
| 96,734 || 7.5% || 3
|- style="background-color:pink"
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | '''Rutelli coalition ([[Centre-left coalition|Centre-left]])'''
| 731,877 || 57.4% || 36
|-
|-
|VII
| style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="4" |
| style="background-color:{{National Alliance (Italy)/meta/color}}" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''55.3'''
| 38.5
| style="text-align:left;" | [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]] (''Alleanza Nazionale'')
| Pino Battaglia
| AN
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
| 306,964 || 24.1% || 15
|-
|-
|VIII
| style="background-color:{{Forza Italia/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Forza Italia]]
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''54.2'''
| FI
| 36.7
| Giuseppe Celli
| 128,397 || 10.0% || 6
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
|-
|-
|IX
| style="background-color:{{Union of the Centre/meta/color}}" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''55.3'''
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian Democratic Centre]] (''Centro Cristiano Democratico'')
| CCD
| 39.0
| Fulvio Torreti
| 47,435 || 3.7% || 2
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Federation of the Greens|FdV]]
|-
|-
|X
| style="background-color:{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Others
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''57.9'''
|
| 35.1
| Giusto Trevisiol
| 9,437 || 1.0% || 0
|- style="background-color:lightblue"
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Communist Refoundation Party|PRC]]
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | '''Borghini coalition ([[Centre-right coalition|Centre-right]])'''
| 492,233 || 38.6% || 23
|-
|-
|XI
| style="background-color:black" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''56.1'''
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | [[Tricolour Flame]] (''Fiamma Tricolore'')
| MS-FT
| 38.8
| Rosario Mocciaro
| 23,227 || 1.8% || 1
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
|-
|-
|XII
| style="background-color:{{Independent politician/meta/color}}" |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Others
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''52.9'''
|
| 41.6
| Antonio Gazzellone
| 28,000 || 2.1% || 0
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Italian People's Party (1994)|PPI]]
|-
|-
|XIII
| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''53.1'''
| 36.3
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total
| Massimo Di Somma
| 1,275,337 || 100% || 60
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
|-
|-
|XV
| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''58.0'''
| 37.4
| Giovanni Paris
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Italian People's Party (1994)|PPI]]
|-
|-
|XVI
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast / turnout
| 1,704,650 || 74.0% || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''58.0'''
| 37.5
| Dario Marcucci
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Italian People's Party (1994)|PPI]]
|-
|-
|XVII
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters
| 2,302,474 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''50.7'''
| 43.5
| Marco Noccioli
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Communist Refoundation Party|PRC]]
|-
|-
|XVIII
| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''48.5'''
| 44.5
| Nicola Palombi
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Italian Renewal|RI]]
|-
|-
|XIX
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior
| style="background:#FFD0D7"| '''53.0'''
| 40.4
| Emilia Allocca
| style="background:#FFD0D7"|[[Democratic Party of the Left|PDS]]
|-
|XX
| 45.9
| style="background:#C8EBFF"| '''47.3'''
| Marco Clarke
| style="background:#C8EBFF"|[[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]]
|}
|}
<small>Source: [https://www.elezioni.comune.roma.it/roma97/presos01.htm Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service]</small>

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Latest revision as of 07:27, 18 August 2024

1997 Rome municipal election

← 1993 16 November 1997 2001 →
Turnout74.1% Decrease 4.6 pp
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Francesco Rutelli Pierluigi Borghini
Party FdV AN
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Popular vote 985,361 586,083
Percentage 60.4% 35.9%

Mayor before election

Francesco Rutelli
FdV

Elected mayor

Francesco Rutelli
FdV

City Council election

All 60 seats in City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Centre-left Francesco Rutelli 57.37 36 0
Centre-right Pierluigi Borghini 38.62 23
Tricolour Flame Pino Rauti 1.82 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Municipal elections were held in Rome on 16 November 1997 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 60 members of the City Council, as well as the nineteen presidents and more than 400 councillors of the 19 circoscrizioni in which the municipality was divided.

As a result, incumbent mayor Francesco Rutelli was re-elected for a second four-year term by a landslide.

Background

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In the 1996 general elections the centre-left coalition led by Romano Prodi performed strongly in nearly all the urban centers across Italy and especially in the city of Rome. Since that moment the political support to leftist parties in Rome started to increase heavily, although the former-fascist National Alliance (AN) continued to maintain a huge number of supporters across the city.

During the previous years, the incumbent mayor Francesco Rutelli saw his personal popularity increase among Roman citizens.[1] During his term in office he promoted some important architectural and urban projects to redevelop the city such as the approval of Parco della Musica concert hall designed by Renzo Piano in 1994[2] and the urban plan called "Cento piazze" (literally "One hundred squares") in 1995, a project to renovate different squares and creating new pedestrian zones in many parts of the city, from the historical city center to the suburbs.[3] Thanks to this plan many historical and tourist landmarks of Rome were renovated and pedestrianized such as Piazza di Spagna (1995) and Piazza del Popolo (1997).

As a part of his plan to renovate the city, in March 1995 Rutelli submitted an unsuccessful bid to host the 2004 Summer Olympics, which were ultimately awarded to Athens in September 1997.[4]

Against the mayor, the centre-right Pole for Freedoms coalition initially seemed intentioned to propose the candidacy of the right-wing deputy Francesco Storace,[5] but ultimately chose Pierluigi Borghini, a famous conservative businessman, in an attempt to gain more votes from independent and centrist voters.[6]

Voting system

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The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.

The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Parties and candidates

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This is a list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Candidate
Centre-left coalition
(The Olive Tree)
Democratic Party of the Left Francesco Rutelli
Italian People's Party
Federation of the Greens
Communist Refoundation Party
Pannella List
Italian Renewal
Rutelli List
Others
Centre-right coalition
(Pole for Freedoms)
Forza Italia Pierluigi Borghini
National Alliance
Christian Democratic Centre
Others
Tricolour Flame Pino Rauti

Results

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Summary of the 1997 Rome City Council and Mayoral election results
Candidates Votes % Leader's
seat
Parties Votes % Seats
Francesco Rutelli 983,902 60.42 Democratic Party of the Left 281,832 21.98 15
Communist Refoundation Party 112,628 8.78 6
Rutelli List 89,790 7.00 5
Federation of the Greens 83,321 6.50 4
Italian People's Party 71,123 5.55 3
Italian Renewal 29,387 2.29 1
Pannella List 20,878 1.63 1
Democratic Socialists 20,859 1.63 1
Democratic Union 17,922 1.40
Italian Republican Party 7,946 0.62
Total 735,686 57.37 36
Pierluigi Borghini 585,367 35.94 checkY National Alliance 308,745 24.08 14
Forza ItaliaUnited Christian Democrats 129,391 10.09 6
Christian Democratic CentrePact for Rome 47,681 3.72 2
Federalist Greens 5,846 0.46
United Italy 3,528 0.28
Total 495,191 38.62 22
Pino Rauti 26,389 1.62 checkY Tricolour Flame 23,380 1.82
Tiziana Parenti 12,586 0.77 Liberal Socialists 10,218 0.80
Raffaele D'Ambrosio 7,988 0.49 Humanitas 9,101 0.71
Sforza Ruspoli 5,965 0.37 Civic list 4,246 0.33
Marina Larena 4,091 0.25 Humanist Party 2,687 0.21
Giancarlo Cito 2,233 0.14 Southern Action League 1,751 0.14
Total 1,628,521 100.00 2 1,282,260 100.00 58
Eligible voters 2,301,277 100.00
Did not vote 596,246 25.91
Voted 1,705,031 74.09
Blank or invalid ballots 76,510 4.48
Total valid votes 1,628,521 95.52
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Circoscrizioni election

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Since 1972 the city of Rome had been divided into 20 administrative areas, called circoscrizioni (reduced to 19 in 1992 after Fiumicino became an independent comune separated from Rome). In 1997 for the first time the presidents of each circoscrizione was directly elected by citizens. No second round was needed since the candidate who received the most votes was elected president.

Table below shows the results for each circoscrizione with the percentage for each coalition:

Circoscrizione Centre-left Centre-right Elected President Party
I 55.0 39.7 Attilio Bellucci RI
II 48.2 46.1 Giuseppe Ignesti PDS
III 53.4 41.0 Vittorio Sartogo PRC
IV 53.8 32.3 Massimo Nardi PPI
V 61.5 32.5 Loredana Mezzabotta PDS
VI 59.0 32.6 Enzo Puro PDS
VII 55.3 38.5 Pino Battaglia PDS
VIII 54.2 36.7 Giuseppe Celli PDS
IX 55.3 39.0 Fulvio Torreti FdV
X 57.9 35.1 Giusto Trevisiol PRC
XI 56.1 38.8 Rosario Mocciaro PDS
XII 52.9 41.6 Antonio Gazzellone PPI
XIII 53.1 36.3 Massimo Di Somma PDS
XV 58.0 37.4 Giovanni Paris PPI
XVI 58.0 37.5 Dario Marcucci PPI
XVII 50.7 43.5 Marco Noccioli PRC
XVIII 48.5 44.5 Nicola Palombi RI
XIX 53.0 40.4 Emilia Allocca PDS
XX 45.9 47.3 Marco Clarke AN

Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service

References

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  1. ^ "Il politico più sexy? Francesco Rutelli" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 10 November 1994. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Così Piano inventò l'auditorium di Roma" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 26 July 1994. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Piazza del Popolo, nasce l'isola" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 28 August 1997. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Roma 2004 si candida, Samaranch applaude" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 17 March 1995. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Fini punta su Storace sindaco di Roma" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 13 June 1997. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Ora il Polo fa pressing su Borghini" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 30 June 1997. Retrieved 15 July 2022.