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La Candelaria — Municipal council
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Argentina · La Candelaria / Salta / LA CANDELARIA · municipal · Municipal councilAR-SA-C-44
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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
- La Candelaria / Salta / LA CANDELARIA
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-51f4bb4f8ae27bc3b15afdc6
- 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 JUSTICIALISTA30.5%
- PRIMERO SALTA13.4%
- PROPUESTA SALTEÑA12.9%
- PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD10.6%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR POPULAR10.3%
- SALTA NOS UNE8.8%
- PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA6.8%
- TODOS POR SALTA6.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · SANGUINO, DIEGO JULIAN | 4argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 335 | 30.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| PRIMERO SALTA · ARROLLO, DAVID "ABUELO" | 1862argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 147 | 13.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| PROPUESTA SALTEÑA · SORIA, CRISTIAN SERGIO | 38argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 142 | 12.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD · MORENO, JAQUELINA "JAKI" | 1861argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 116 | 10.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR POPULAR · CIANCI, DIMAS ANTONIO | 10argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 113 | 10.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA NOS UNE · SORIA, SILVINA GABRIELA | 1869argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 97 | 8.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA · SABALZA, CESAR ALEJANDRO | 15argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 75 | 6.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS POR SALTA · ARIAS, ROBERTO "TIKI" | 2627argentina/Sbaafe1ae0ae5/2023 | 74 | 6.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-08-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- CANDELARIA PRIMERO44.2%
- PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD29.6%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA9.4%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO +8.5%
- FRENTE DE TODOS8.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANDELARIA PRIMERO · SABALZA, NATALIA LORENA | 1022argentina/S4b2a8486978a/2021 | 399 | 44.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD · DIAZ GONZALEZ, CEFERINO EMANUEL | 1861argentina/S4b2a8486978a/2021 | 267 | 29.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · YACANTE, MIGUEL ANGEL | 4argentina/S4b2a8486978a/2021 | 85 | 9.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + · CAPO, JAVIER "PASTOR" | 3640argentina/S4b2a8486978a/2021 | 77 | 8.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS · ARIAS, ROBERTO "TIKI" | 3646argentina/S4b2a8486978a/2021 | 74 | 8.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR60.5%
- SALTA NOS UNE22.4%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA13.2%
- KOLINA2.1%
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA1.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR · BITIAN, ARIEL ARNALDO | 32argentina/Sba7191ad78c8/2019 | 579 | 60.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| SALTA NOS UNE · YACANTE, MIGUEL ANGEL | 1869argentina/Sba7191ad78c8/2019 | 214 | 22.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · SANCHEZ, LUIS VALLE MANUEL | 4argentina/Sba7191ad78c8/2019 | 126 | 13.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| KOLINA · LUCENA, FLORENCIA BELEN | 459argentina/Sba7191ad78c8/2019 | 20 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · CAPO, JAVIER DANTE | 1053argentina/Sba7191ad78c8/2019 | 18 | 1.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI7.660–100 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=17.106460418562328, oldest_gap=38.14002089864159, previous_gap=14.634146341463413
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility21.06percentage 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=[[30.48225659690628,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.51774340309372],[9.42350332594235,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,90.57649667405765],[13.16614420062696,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86.83385579937304]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility3.74percentage 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=[[30.48225659690628,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.51774340309372],[9.42350332594235,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,90.57649667405765],[13.16614420062696,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86.83385579937304]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility12.4percentage 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=[[30.48225659690628,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.51774340309372],[9.42350332594235,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,90.57649667405765],[13.16614420062696,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,86.83385579937304]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BITIAN, ARIEL ARNALDO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR | unknown |
| SANCHEZ, LUIS VALLE MANUEL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| LUCENA, FLORENCIA BELEN | Lead council candidate | 2019 | KOLINA | unknown |
| YACANTE, MIGUEL ANGEL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | SALTA NOS UNE | unknown |
| CAPO, JAVIER DANTE | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| SABALZA, NATALIA LORENA | Lead council candidate | 2021 | CANDELARIA PRIMERO | unknown |
| DIAZ GONZALEZ, CEFERINO EMANUEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD | unknown |
| YACANTE, MIGUEL ANGEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| CAPO, JAVIER "PASTOR" | Lead council candidate | 2021 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + | unknown |
| ARIAS, ROBERTO "TIKI" | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE DE TODOS | unknown |
| ARROLLO, DAVID "ABUELO" | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PRIMERO SALTA | unknown |
| SORIA, CRISTIAN SERGIO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PROPUESTA SALTEÑA | unknown |
| MORENO, JAQUELINA "JAKI" | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD | unknown |
| CIANCI, DIMAS ANTONIO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO CONSERVADOR POPULAR | unknown |
| SORIA, SILVINA GABRIELA | Lead council candidate | 2023 | SALTA NOS UNE | unknown |
| ARIAS, ROBERTO "TIKI" | Lead council candidate | 2023 | TODOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| SANGUINO, DIEGO JULIAN | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| SABALZA, CESAR ALEJANDRO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA | 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/7/16.44.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2021G/7/16.44.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/7/16.44.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C7_16.44.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2021_C7_16.44.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C7_16.44.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “La Candelaria — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-C-44. Sources: argentina--url-04f06d497740607f0ebd188a, argentina--url-8a45d529b929d987bcbb6519, argentina--url-404082329fd53a283e5aa776, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--Sbaafe1ae0ae5, argentina--S4b2a8486978a, argentina--Sba7191ad78c8.