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El Potrero — Municipal council
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Argentina · El Potrero / Salta / ROS. DE LA FRONTERA · municipal · Municipal councilAR-SA-C-43
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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
- El Potrero / Salta / ROS. DE LA FRONTERA
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-978d844723c2d25415649190
- 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
- FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA34.2%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA33.8%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA13.2%
- SALTA SOMOS TODOS9.6%
- AHORA PATRIA6.5%
- FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD2.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · MEDINA, MARIO HORACIO | 3744argentina/S0118031a0ea0/2023 | 659 | 34.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · CORBALAN, HUGO DANTE | 4argentina/S0118031a0ea0/2023 | 651 | 33.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · CUELLAR, GONZALO | 13argentina/S0118031a0ea0/2023 | 255 | 13.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA SOMOS TODOS · ZURITA, DANIEL | 443argentina/S0118031a0ea0/2023 | 185 | 9.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AHORA PATRIA · VILTE, LUIS | 2626argentina/S0118031a0ea0/2023 | 126 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD · JUAREZ, LUIS ALFREDO | 3743argentina/S0118031a0ea0/2023 | 50 | 2.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-08-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDOS POR SALTA46.1%
- FELICIDAD24.1%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA13.3%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO +7.7%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA5.9%
- SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE2.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS POR SALTA · CORBALAN, HUGO DANTE | 3642argentina/Sd9108e9fcbd4/2021 | 683 | 46.1% | 2 | Recorded |
| FELICIDAD · GUERRA, MARIO ANTONIO | 1874argentina/Sd9108e9fcbd4/2021 | 357 | 24.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · PROF. APARICIO, ALAN | 4argentina/Sd9108e9fcbd4/2021 | 197 | 13.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + · VALOR, SANTOS DAVID | 3640argentina/Sd9108e9fcbd4/2021 | 114 | 7.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · SENDIN, "DITO" | 13argentina/Sd9108e9fcbd4/2021 | 88 | 5.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE · LUNA, JULIO ARMANDO | 2543argentina/Sd9108e9fcbd4/2021 | 42 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA45.2%
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA39.1%
- AHORA PATRIA10.2%
- FELICIDAD2.8%
- SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE2.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · MEDINA, MARIO HORACIO | 4argentina/Sae3cac517ca8/2019 | 777 | 45.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · SANCHEZ, CARLOS EDUARDO | 1053argentina/Sae3cac517ca8/2019 | 673 | 39.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| AHORA PATRIA · MIRANDA, VICTOR JAVIER | 2626argentina/Sae3cac517ca8/2019 | 176 | 10.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FELICIDAD · CORBALAN, JULIO RAUL | 1874argentina/Sae3cac517ca8/2019 | 48 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE · DIAZ, OMAR HORACIO | 2543argentina/Sae3cac517ca8/2019 | 46 | 2.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI62.710–100 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=0.41536863966770454, oldest_gap=6.04651162790698, previous_gap=22.01215395003376
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility20.5percentage 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
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=[[33.8006230529595,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66.19937694704049],[13.301823092505064,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86.69817690749493],[45.174418604651166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.82558139534884]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility31.87percentage 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=[[33.8006230529595,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66.19937694704049],[13.301823092505064,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86.69817690749493],[45.174418604651166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.82558139534884]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility26.19percentage 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
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=[[33.8006230529595,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66.19937694704049],[13.301823092505064,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86.69817690749493],[45.174418604651166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.82558139534884]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDINA, MARIO HORACIO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| CORBALAN, JULIO RAUL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | FELICIDAD | unknown |
| SANCHEZ, CARLOS EDUARDO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| MIRANDA, VICTOR JAVIER | Lead council candidate | 2019 | AHORA PATRIA | unknown |
| DIAZ, OMAR HORACIO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE | unknown |
| CORBALAN, HUGO DANTE | Lead council candidate | 2021 | UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| GUERRA, MARIO ANTONIO | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FELICIDAD | unknown |
| SENDIN, "DITO" | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| PROF. APARICIO, ALAN | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| VALOR, SANTOS DAVID | Lead council candidate | 2021 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + | unknown |
| LUNA, JULIO ARMANDO | Lead council candidate | 2021 | SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE | unknown |
| MEDINA, MARIO HORACIO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| CORBALAN, HUGO DANTE | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| CUELLAR, GONZALO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| ZURITA, DANIEL | Lead council candidate | 2023 | SALTA SOMOS TODOS | unknown |
| VILTE, LUIS | Lead council candidate | 2023 | AHORA PATRIA | unknown |
| JUAREZ, LUIS ALFREDO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD | 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/7/15.43.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2021G/7/15.43.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/7/15.43.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C7_15.43.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2021_C7_15.43.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C7_15.43.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “El Potrero — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-C-43. Sources: argentina--url-fa7b9a712da0259b33558b37, argentina--url-4c8cab2adfb3a9f20c90f55b, argentina--url-669a5c2d64e90c1e440c71f0, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S0118031a0ea0, argentina--Sd9108e9fcbd4, argentina--Sae3cac517ca8.