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El Tala — Municipal council
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Argentina · El Tala / Salta / LA CANDELARIA · municipal · Municipal councilAR-SA-C-45
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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 Tala / Salta / LA CANDELARIA
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-be52454a5b7fcbdd9833d66a
- 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 JUSTICIALISTA39.2%
- FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA25.2%
- ENTRE TODOS13.0%
- PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA10.2%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO8.5%
- FRENTE AVANCEMOS3.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · ARMAS, NESTOR GABRIEL | 4argentina/S3ad36a5ef937/2023 | 789 | 39.2% | 2 | Recorded |
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · SOSA, LUCAS DANIEL | 3744argentina/S3ad36a5ef937/2023 | 507 | 25.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| ENTRE TODOS · GALVAN, ENRIQUE ANTONIO | 3741argentina/S3ad36a5ef937/2023 | 262 | 13% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA · RAMOS, MIGUEL ANGEL | 15argentina/S3ad36a5ef937/2023 | 206 | 10.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · BALDERRAMA, NERI JOAQUIN | 3746argentina/S3ad36a5ef937/2023 | 171 | 8.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AVANCEMOS · MENSEGUEZ, NATALIA | 3739argentina/S3ad36a5ef937/2023 | 79 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-08-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA26.0%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR12.2%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO +10.6%
- PARTIDO FE9.5%
- PARTIDO FRENTE GRANDE9.3%
- SALTA PARA TODOS7.8%
- FRENTE SALTEÑO6.4%
- PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD4.4%
- SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE4.0%
- FRENTE PLURAL3.4%
- FELICIDAD3.4%
- FRENTE DE TODOS2.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · SOSA, LUCAS DANIEL | 4argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 439 | 26% | 2 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR · SOLIS, ELVIRA DEL CARMEN | 32argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 206 | 12.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + · ARMAS, NESTOR GABRIEL | 3640argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 178 | 10.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO FE · TOLABA, CRISTIAN DAMIAN | 1873argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 161 | 9.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO FRENTE GRANDE · GONZALEZ, RAMIRO DANIEL | 12argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 156 | 9.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA PARA TODOS · MATAMORO, ROQUE SEBASTIAN | 3641argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 132 | 7.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTEÑO · RIVERO, HECTOR MIGUEL | 460argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 108 | 6.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD · MELLADO CASTELLANOS, ANDRES | 1861argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 75 | 4.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE · GUANTAY, "PICHI" JORGE | 2543argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 67 | 4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE PLURAL · FERREYRA, SILVIA ESTELA | 461argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 58 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FELICIDAD · APAZA, RAMON AMADO | 1874argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 58 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS · NIETO, JULIO CESAR | 3646argentina/Sad16c5ffd469/2021 | 48 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA41.4%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR27.7%
- SAENZ GOBERNADOR16.7%
- PRIMERO SALTA10.8%
- KOLINA2.1%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · SOSA, LUCAS DANIEL | 1053argentina/Sbefaaaee5195/2019 | 840 | 41.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR · SOLIS, ELVIRA DEL CARMEN | 32argentina/Sbefaaaee5195/2019 | 562 | 27.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| SAENZ GOBERNADOR · LAI, GLADYS NOEMI | 3432argentina/Sbefaaaee5195/2019 | 338 | 16.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PRIMERO SALTA · ITURRE, OSCAR HIPOLITO | 1862argentina/Sbefaaaee5195/2019 | 219 | 10.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| KOLINA · RODRIGUEZ, WALTER RODOLFO | 459argentina/Sbefaaaee5195/2019 | 42 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · HERRERA, RAMON ANTONIO | 4argentina/Sbefaaaee5195/2019 | 28 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI30.410–100 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=14.001986097318767, oldest_gap=13.70133070478068, previous_gap=13.819691577698695
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility13.14percentage 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=[[39.17576961271102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60.824230387288985],[26.037959667852906,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73.96204033214708],[1.3799901429275505,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98.62000985707245]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility24.66percentage 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=[[39.17576961271102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60.824230387288985],[26.037959667852906,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73.96204033214708],[1.3799901429275505,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98.62000985707245]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility18.9percentage 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=[[39.17576961271102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60.824230387288985],[26.037959667852906,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73.96204033214708],[1.3799901429275505,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98.62000985707245]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOSA, LUCAS DANIEL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| LAI, GLADYS NOEMI | Lead council candidate | 2019 | SAENZ GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| ITURRE, OSCAR HIPOLITO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PRIMERO SALTA | unknown |
| SOLIS, ELVIRA DEL CARMEN | Lead council candidate | 2019 | MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR | unknown |
| RODRIGUEZ, WALTER RODOLFO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | KOLINA | unknown |
| HERRERA, RAMON ANTONIO | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| SOSA, LUCAS DANIEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| SOLIS, ELVIRA DEL CARMEN | Lead council candidate | 2021 | MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR | unknown |
| TOLABA, CRISTIAN DAMIAN | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO FE | unknown |
| RIVERO, HECTOR MIGUEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE SALTEÑO | unknown |
| MELLADO CASTELLANOS, ANDRES | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD | unknown |
| FERREYRA, SILVIA ESTELA | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE PLURAL | unknown |
| ARMAS, NESTOR GABRIEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO + | unknown |
| MATAMORO, ROQUE SEBASTIAN | Lead council candidate | 2021 | SALTA PARA TODOS | unknown |
| APAZA, RAMON AMADO | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FELICIDAD | unknown |
| NIETO, JULIO CESAR | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE DE TODOS | unknown |
| GONZALEZ, RAMIRO DANIEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO FRENTE GRANDE | unknown |
| GUANTAY, "PICHI" JORGE | Lead council candidate | 2021 | SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE | unknown |
| ARMAS, NESTOR GABRIEL | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| RAMOS, MIGUEL ANGEL | Lead council candidate | 2023 | PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA | unknown |
| SOSA, LUCAS DANIEL | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| GALVAN, ENRIQUE ANTONIO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | ENTRE TODOS | unknown |
| BALDERRAMA, NERI JOAQUIN | Lead council candidate | 2023 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| MENSEGUEZ, NATALIA | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE AVANCEMOS | 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/7/16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2021G/7/16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/7/16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C7_16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2021_C7_16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C7_16.45.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “El Tala — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-C-45. Sources: argentina--url-7a2523182c913ea2f6077515, argentina--url-58192ba2fa52bd6ed31cb82a, argentina--url-c7c65abea5b2e114901cb526, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S3ad36a5ef937, argentina--Sad16c5ffd469, argentina--Sbefaaaee5195.