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Chicoana — Municipal council
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Argentina · Chicoana / Salta / CHICOANA · municipal · Municipal councilAR-SA-C-37
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Final province archive, including 2017 Coronel Moldes, 2021 Aguaray and 2025 Rivadavia Banda Norte replacements. Council renewal size changed after the constitutional/charter transition; the elected cohort is preserved. Future formal call and independently verified current control remain open.
1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- Chicoana / Salta / CHICOANA
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-87473f6abf8e18e49a8eb1b8
- 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?
2023-05-14
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA42.1%
- SALTA NOS UNE16.6%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO11.8%
- PRIMERO SALTA9.8%
- FRENTE AVANCEMOS8.7%
- ENTRE TODOS6.3%
- SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA4.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA · AYON, DAVID EMMANUEL | 15argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 2,575 | 42.1% | 3 | Recorded |
| SALTA NOS UNE · RAPOSO, WALTER "BAMBINO" | 1869argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 1,015 | 16.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · RUEDA, GABRIELA MERCEDES | 3746argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 724 | 11.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| PRIMERO SALTA · ALARCON, MARCOS ROBERTO | 1862argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 598 | 9.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AVANCEMOS · LIENDRO, CARLOS | 3739argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 531 | 8.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ENTRE TODOS · LOPEZ, "PAPILACHO" | 3741argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 386 | 6.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA · ZARATE, JULIO CESAR JOSE | 3747argentina/S50c770b96782/2023 | 284 | 4.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-08-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA32.4%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA21.5%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR POPULAR16.7%
- FRENTE SALTEÑO11.0%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO +8.0%
- FRENTE DE TODOS5.6%
- SALTA PARA TODOS4.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA · CHOCOBAR, NELIDA SOLEDAD | 15argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 1,933 | 32.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · VELASQUEZ, FRANCISCO "PANCHITO" | 4argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 1,284 | 21.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR POPULAR · ABDALA MARTIN, AMINA MARISA | 10argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 997 | 16.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTEÑO · RAPOSO, "BAMBINO" | 460argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 656 | 11% | 1 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + · MESSA, RAMIRO ALFREDO EXEQUIEL | 3640argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 477 | 8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS · TULA, DAVID NICOLAS | 3646argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 333 | 5.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA PARA TODOS · ARIAS, MARIA NATIVIDAD | 3641argentina/Sde2cd74ea2a2/2021 | 280 | 4.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- FRENTE PLURAL21.1%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA18.0%
- OLMEDO GOBERNADOR14.8%
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA10.7%
- P. DE LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACION Y EL TRABAJO9.6%
- TODOS POR SALTA5.4%
- PRIMERO SALTA4.9%
- KOLINA4.4%
- PARTIDO FE4.4%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA3.7%
- PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y DEL PUEBLO3.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE PLURAL · VELASQUEZ, GUSTAVO FRANCISCO | 461argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 1,327 | 21.1% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · VAZQUEZ, CRISTIAN RICARDO | 13argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 1,134 | 18% | 1 | Recorded |
| OLMEDO GOBERNADOR · ABDALA MARTIN, AMINA MARISA | 3434argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 930 | 14.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · RAPOSO, WALTER ALBERTO | 1053argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 672 | 10.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| P. DE LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACION Y EL TRABAJO · RODRIGUEZ, CESAR DAVID | 1052argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 605 | 9.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS POR SALTA · MAMANI, "PACO" | 2627argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 342 | 5.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PRIMERO SALTA · ALARCON, MARCOS ROBERTO | 1862argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 306 | 4.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| KOLINA · TULA, DAVID NICOLAS | 459argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 280 | 4.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO FE · ONTIVEROS, GISEL ERMELINDA | 1873argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 276 | 4.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · MOYA, MARIANEL MARILYN MARISOL | 4argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 235 | 3.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y DEL PUEBLO · ARIAS, MARIA NATIVIDAD | 179argentina/S060f649410bb/2019 | 193 | 3.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI5.580–100 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=25.51938491738917, oldest_gap=3.0634920634920633, previous_gap=10.889261744966444
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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,[21.543624161073826,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78.45637583892616],[3.7301587301587302,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,96.26984126984128]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility17.81percentage 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
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,[21.543624161073826,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78.45637583892616],[3.7301587301587302,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,96.26984126984128]]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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,[21.543624161073826,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,78.45637583892616],[3.7301587301587302,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,96.26984126984128]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VELASQUEZ, GUSTAVO FRANCISCO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | FRENTE PLURAL | unknown |
| RAPOSO, WALTER ALBERTO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| MAMANI, "PACO" | Lead council candidate | 2019 | TODOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| ALARCON, MARCOS ROBERTO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PRIMERO SALTA | unknown |
| ONTIVEROS, GISEL ERMELINDA | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO FE | unknown |
| VAZQUEZ, CRISTIAN RICARDO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| RODRIGUEZ, CESAR DAVID | Lead council candidate | 2019 | P. DE LA CULTURA, LA EDUCACION Y EL TRABAJO | unknown |
| TULA, DAVID NICOLAS | Lead council candidate | 2019 | KOLINA | unknown |
| MOYA, MARIANEL MARILYN MARISOL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| ARIAS, MARIA NATIVIDAD | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y DEL PUEBLO | unknown |
| ABDALA MARTIN, AMINA MARISA | Lead council candidate | 2019 | OLMEDO GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| CHOCOBAR, NELIDA SOLEDAD | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA | unknown |
| ABDALA MARTIN, AMINA MARISA | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO CONSERVADOR POPULAR | unknown |
| VELASQUEZ, FRANCISCO "PANCHITO" | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| RAPOSO, "BAMBINO" | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE SALTEÑO | unknown |
| MESSA, RAMIRO ALFREDO EXEQUIEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + | unknown |
| TULA, DAVID NICOLAS | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE DE TODOS | unknown |
| ARIAS, MARIA NATIVIDAD | Lead council candidate | 2021 | SALTA PARA TODOS | unknown |
| AYON, DAVID EMMANUEL | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA | unknown |
| RAPOSO, WALTER "BAMBINO" | Lead council candidate | 2023 | SALTA NOS UNE | unknown |
| ALARCON, MARCOS ROBERTO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PRIMERO SALTA | unknown |
| RUEDA, GABRIELA MERCEDES | Lead council candidate | 2023 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| LIENDRO, CARLOS | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| LOPEZ, "PAPILACHO" | Lead council candidate | 2023 | ENTRE TODOS | unknown |
| ZARATE, JULIO CESAR JOSE | Lead council candidate | 2023 | SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA | unknown |
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
Final province archive, including 2017 Coronel Moldes, 2021 Aguaray and 2025 Rivadavia Banda Norte replacements. Council renewal size changed after the constitutional/charter transition; the elected cohort is preserved. Future formal call and independently verified current control remain open. 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
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2023G/7/12.37.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2021G/7/12.37.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/7/12.37.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C7_12.37.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2021_C7_12.37.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C7_12.37.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Chicoana — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-C-37. Sources: argentina--url-bd813306e26b6dcc6bdd3b00, argentina--url-0a486ba0ba541f85c369ef08, argentina--url-79a42bddd0e58edbeb3aa8e0, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S50c770b96782, argentina--Sde2cd74ea2a2, argentina--S060f649410bb.