Argentina · Buenos Aires — PRIMERA
MERLO — Municipal shared ballot: mayor / council
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Historical competition
Competitiveness index for a verified actual-event sequence withheld. Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete.
Current government and control: Unverified. Local government-risk forecast: unassessed.
National polling context: National presidential approval; context for subnational races — AtlasIntel / Bloomberg; fieldwork 2026-07-30 to 2026-08-03. Sample 1,120; reported margin of error ±3.00 percentage points. Earlier comparison wave; named officeholder and question wording retained. Poll report
National polling context: National presidential approval; context for subnational races — AtlasIntel / Bloomberg; fieldwork 2026-08-30 to 2026-09-03. Sample 2,193; reported margin of error ±2.00 percentage points. Approval rose 1.0 percentage point while disapproval fell 4.4 points; approval movement is smaller than the combined reported survey uncertainty. The negative approval balance remains a national headwind for Milei-aligned candidates, conditional on local alliance and incumbent identity. Poll report
One shared municipal ballot is counted once. The council comparison uses 2025, 2023 and 2021; mayor elections are separately identifiable in the retained 2023, 2019 and 2015 returns. Council seats show the renewal cohort. Current control, special events and the 2027 call remain unverified.
Registry and evidence links: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4, Source 5
Electoral event evidence
Separate source records can belong to the same election cycle. Recounts, runoffs and void returns do not create additional cycles.
2025-09-07 · Council midterm renewal
Coverage: Certified election-board return; extracted votes and contested seats reconciled
Basis: Shared municipal party ballot. Seats are councillors elected in this renewal, not the full council. Mayor and school-council allocations remain separate fields.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIANZA FUERZA PATRIA | 113,009 | 44.21% | 8 | |
| ALIANZA LA LIBERTAD AVANZA | 74,752 | 29.24% | 4 | |
| AGRUPACION CRECER DE MERLO | 17,837 | 6.98% | 0 | |
| FTE. DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDAD | 16,806 | 6.57% | 0 | |
| ALIANZA SOMOS BUENOS AIRES | 9,611 | 3.76% | 0 | |
| ALIANZA NUEVOS AIRES | 3,522 | 1.38% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO FRENTE PATRIOTA FEDERAL | 3,396 | 1.33% | 0 | |
| ALIANZA UNION Y LIBERTAD | 3,357 | 1.31% | 0 | |
| ALIANZA UNION LIBERAL | 2,975 | 1.16% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO POLITICA OBRERA | 2,531 | 0.99% | 0 | |
| ALIANZA POTENCIA | 2,377 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO TIEMPO DE TODOS | 1,470 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| VALORES REPUBLICANOS | 1,453 | 0.57% | 0 | |
| MOVIMIENTO AVANZADA SOCIALISTA | 1,359 | 0.53% | 0 | |
| CONSTRUYENDO PORVENIR | 1,136 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO LIBERTARIO | 35 | 0.01% | 0 |
Result source · PDF pages 16, 17
2023-10-22 · Municipal shared ballot
Coverage: Certified election-board return; extracted votes and contested seats reconciled
Basis: Shared municipal party ballot. Seats are councillors elected in this renewal, not the full council. Mayor and school-council allocations remain separate fields.
Mayor elected party: UNION POR LA PATRIA. The seats column below covers the council renewal only.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNION POR LA PATRIA | 127,900 | 43.11% | 5 | |
| LA LIBERTAD AVANZA | 69,597 | 23.46% | 3 | |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | 53,370 | 17.99% | 2 | |
| AGRUPACION CRECER DE MERLO | 30,069 | 10.13% | 2 | |
| FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y TRABAJADORES UNIDAD | 15,756 | 5.31% | 0 |
Result source · PDF pages 14
2021-11-14 · Council midterm renewal
Coverage: Certified election-board return; extracted votes and contested seats reconciled
Basis: Shared municipal party ballot. Seats are councillors elected in this renewal, not the full council. Mayor and school-council allocations remain separate fields.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE DE TODOS | 119,295 | 43.09% | 6 | |
| ALIANZA JUNTOS | 78,706 | 28.43% | 4 | |
| FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - | 29,140 | 10.53% | 2 | |
| ALIANZA AVANZA LIBERTAD | 17,667 | 6.38% | 0 | |
| FRENTE VAMOS CON VOS | 16,966 | 6.13% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO UNION CELESTE Y BLANCO | 10,070 | 3.64% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO REPUBLICANO FEDERAL | 2,597 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| PARTIDO VOCACION SOCIAL | 2,390 | 0.86% | 0 |
Result source · PDF pages 14
2019-10-27 · Municipal shared ballot
Coverage: Certified election-board return; extracted votes and contested seats reconciled
Basis: Shared municipal party ballot. Seats are councillors elected in this renewal, not the full council. Mayor and school-council allocations remain separate fields.
Mayor elected party: FRENTE DE TODOS. The seats column below covers the council renewal only.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE DE TODOS | 198,738 | 63.60% | 9 | |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | 75,089 | 24.03% | 3 | |
| CONSENSO FEDERAL | 19,119 | 6.12% | 0 | |
| FTE DE IZQ. Y DE TRABAJADORES-UNIDAD | 12,947 | 4.14% | 0 | |
| FRENTE NOS | 6,588 | 2.11% | 0 |
Result source · PDF pages 18
2015-10-25 · Municipal shared ballot
Coverage: Certified election-board return; extracted votes and contested seats reconciled
Basis: Shared municipal party ballot. Seats are councillors elected in this renewal, not the full council. Mayor and school-council allocations remain separate fields.
Mayor elected party: ALIANZA FRENTE PARA LA VICTORIA. The seats column below covers the council renewal only.
| Party or list | Candidate | Votes or marks | Vote share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIANZA FRENTE PARA LA VICTORIA | 148,814 | 52.56% | 6 | |
| ALIANZA UNIDOS POR UNA NUEVA ALTERNATIVA | 60,694 | 21.44% | 3 | |
| ALIANZA CAMBIEMOS BUENOS AIRES | 54,602 | 19.28% | 3 | |
| AZA. FTE. DE IZQUIERDA Y LOS TRABAJADORES | 11,345 | 4.01% | 0 | |
| ALIANZA PROGRESISTAS | 7,688 | 2.72% | 0 |
Result source · PDF pages 14
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Fixed election window 8 September 2026 to 8 March 2028. Record AR-PBA-M-077.