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Office briefing

San Carlos — Municipal council

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Argentina · San Carlos / Mendoza · municipal · Municipal councilAR-MZ-13-C

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Upcoming ordinary cohort provisionally registered. Councils and both provincial chambers renew partially; 2025 and the six February 2026 council ballots must precede the 2023 history. Current government and any later special calls require checking.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
San Carlos / Mendoza
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-3beacb0e0f5c3e34a84d906a
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2027; formal call pending is expected (not formally called). Year precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2025-10-26

unknown · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • La Libertad Avanza + Cambia Mendoza38.2%
  • Nuevos Rumbos16.6%
  • Alianza Provincias Unidas - Defendamos Mendoza14.7%
  • Fuerza Justicialista Mendoza14.1%
  • Protectora Fuerza Política4.9%
  • Frente Verde4.2%
  • Frente Libertario Demócrata4.0%
  • Partido de los Jubilados3.3%
Results for event-b05aa809ccbdb8e3cd6dacb5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
La Libertad Avanza + Cambia Mendoza505argentina/S02b9366788e9/20256,99338.2%UnknownRecorded
Nuevos Rumbos321argentina/S02b9366788e9/20253,04716.6%UnknownRecorded
Alianza Provincias Unidas - Defendamos Mendoza503argentina/S02b9366788e9/20252,69614.7%UnknownRecorded
Fuerza Justicialista Mendoza501argentina/S02b9366788e9/20252,59014.1%UnknownRecorded
Protectora Fuerza Política222argentina/S02b9366788e9/20258924.9%UnknownRecorded
Frente Verde502argentina/S02b9366788e9/20257674.2%UnknownRecorded
Frente Libertario Demócrata506argentina/S02b9366788e9/20257404%UnknownRecorded
Partido de los Jubilados322argentina/S02b9366788e9/20256033.3%UnknownRecorded

2023-09-03

unknown · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE ENCUENTRO POR SAN CARLOS32.4%
  • CAMBIA MENDOZA - NUEVOS RUMBOS32.2%
  • PARTIDO VERDE29.0%
  • ELEGÍ SAN CARLOS6.3%
Results for event-855f2ef1221af6da0c9963cc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE ENCUENTRO POR SAN CARLOS504argentina/S65eb68e15f58/20235,45432.4%UnknownRecorded
CAMBIA MENDOZA - NUEVOS RUMBOS501argentina/S65eb68e15f58/20235,40932.2%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO VERDE181argentina/S65eb68e15f58/20234,88229%UnknownRecorded
ELEGÍ SAN CARLOS506argentina/S65eb68e15f58/20231,0636.3%UnknownRecorded

2021-11-14

unknown · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • CAMBIA MENDOZA36.6%
  • PARTIDO VERDE24.2%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS19.4%
  • PARTIDO NUEVOS RUMBOS16.2%
  • PARTIDO DE LOS JUBILADOS3.5%
Results for event-327126e48f67a6f46f2ff729
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CAMBIA MENDOZA503argentina/Sa5033a078517/20216,62136.6%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO VERDE181argentina/Sa5033a078517/20214,37124.2%UnknownRecorded
FRENTE DE TODOS502argentina/Sa5033a078517/20213,50819.4%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO NUEVOS RUMBOS321argentina/Sa5033a078517/20212,93016.2%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO DE LOS JUBILADOS322argentina/Sa5033a078517/20216363.5%UnknownRecorded

Other events (not selected cycles)

  • 2019-09-29 · unknown · Legal certification not established

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

28.780–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=21.52989960715845, oldest_gap=12.454334108269677, previous_gap=0.26772965254640724

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Nine exact standalone party-name categories in the archived returns; accents normalized. Provincial alliances and renamed coalitions remain Other. A category records its published name, not a verified legal succession or inferred allocation of alliance votes. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA","UNION CIVICA RADICAL","PARTIDO SOCIALISTA","PRO - PROPUESTA REPUBLICANA","COALICION CIVICA - AFIRMACION PARA UNA REPUBLICA IGUALITARIA","GEN","PARTIDO OBRERO","PARTIDO DE LOS TRABAJADORES SOCIALISTAS","MOVIMIENTO SOCIALISTA DE LOS TRABAJADORES","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Nine exact standalone party-name categories in the archived returns; accents normalized. Provincial alliances and renamed coalitions remain Other. A category records its published name, not a verified legal succession or inferred allocation of alliance votes. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA","UNION CIVICA RADICAL","PARTIDO SOCIALISTA","PRO - PROPUESTA REPUBLICANA","COALICION CIVICA - AFIRMACION PARA UNA REPUBLICA IGUALITARIA","GEN","PARTIDO OBRERO","PARTIDO DE LOS TRABAJADORES SOCIALISTAS","MOVIMIENTO SOCIALISTA DE LOS TRABAJADORES","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Nine exact standalone party-name categories in the archived returns; accents normalized. Provincial alliances and renamed coalitions remain Other. A category records its published name, not a verified legal succession or inferred allocation of alliance votes. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA","UNION CIVICA RADICAL","PARTIDO SOCIALISTA","PRO - PROPUESTA REPUBLICANA","COALICION CIVICA - AFIRMACION PARA UNA REPUBLICA IGUALITARIA","GEN","PARTIDO OBRERO","PARTIDO DE LOS TRABAJADORES SOCIALISTAS","MOVIMIENTO SOCIALISTA DE LOS TRABAJADORES","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[null,null,null]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

No officeholder observation supplied.

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

National context is listed on the polling page. It is not a local forecast.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

Upcoming ordinary cohort provisionally registered. Councils and both provincial chambers renew partially; 2025 and the six February 2026 council ballots must precede the 2023 history. Current government and any later special calls require checking. Missing older local results in several provincial datasets, full seat proclamations, intervened/replacement contests and dated coalition control. Many municipalities vote separately from provincial election day. Final 2027 calls remain subject to official publication. Ten Catamarca 2023 local returns now have primary provisional counts; final certification and older cycles are still missing. DINE 2015 download has no Catamarca local records. Entre Ríos final national consultation warns that foreign-voter tables are excluded. Neuquén final-file links returned access-denied responses; several older links point to private or defunct hosts.

  • other · open

    2019 locality result empty: {"issue": "2019 locality result empty", "name": "Distrito Tala-Sarandí", "code": "0079C"}

  • other · open

    Earlier same-election publication superseded: {"id": "AR-TU-D-OESTE", "year": 2019, "issue": "Earlier same-election publication superseded", "selected_publication": "2019-07-02", "discarded_publications": ["2019-06-15"]}

  • other · open

    Archive navigation year differs from date printed in source: {"file": "ar_formosa_2017_archivo_542.pdf", "issue": "Archive navigation year differs from date printed in source", "navigation_year": 2017, "source_date": "2019-06-16"}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “San Carlos — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-MZ-13-C. Sources: argentina--url-9cab301e6eb0069192e4e451, argentina--url-1e1dc1e6e51321f381ba9c24, argentina--url-cf2e5c310463692a0136761a, argentina--url-37426d00d1eb06e63c9de53a, argentina--url-b1e6536c2cbee3c9bc7e5a9e, argentina--S02b9366788e9, argentina--S65eb68e15f58, argentina--Sa5033a078517, argentina--Sd7bcba23f986.