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Aguas Blancas — Municipal council
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Argentina · Aguas Blancas / Salta / ORAN · municipal · Municipal councilAR-SA-C-60
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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
- Aguas Blancas / Salta / ORAN
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-68613aab1d3f01664533c956
- 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
- FEDERAL ALTERNATIVO REGIONAL ORGANIZADO-FARO51.3%
- FRENTE VAMOS SALTA44.7%
- FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA4.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL ALTERNATIVO REGIONAL ORGANIZADO-FARO · GUTIERREZ, FABIAN ALEJANDRO | 3748argentina/S58c037505606/2023 | 1,334 | 51.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| FRENTE VAMOS SALTA · GUZMAN, ESTELA VERONICA | 3745argentina/S58c037505606/2023 | 1,162 | 44.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · MENESES, BERNARDINO WILSON | 3744argentina/S58c037505606/2023 | 103 | 4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-08-15
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA35.6%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA15.0%
- PARTIDO AUTONOMISTA14.9%
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA13.6%
- SALTA PARA TODOS10.4%
- FELICIDAD5.2%
- FRENTE SALTEÑO5.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · SAIQUITA, LUIS FIDEL | 4argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 597 | 35.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · BARROSO, "EL PROFE" | 13argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 252 | 15% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO AUTONOMISTA · TAPIA, HECTOR MARCELO | 2625argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 251 | 14.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · GUZMAN, DANIEL ALEJANDRO | 1053argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 229 | 13.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA PARA TODOS · IGNACIO, "DOÑA WACHI" FELISA | 3641argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 175 | 10.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FELICIDAD · OCAMPO, ESTEBAN | 1874argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 88 | 5.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTEÑO · CORIA, GUSTAVO ALEJANDRO | 460argentina/S3a4124cc6048/2021 | 87 | 5.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA51.7%
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA34.1%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA12.1%
- FELICIDAD2.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · SAIQUITA, LUIS FIDEL | 4argentina/Sad4f6f5c8ea6/2019 | 953 | 51.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · BARROSO, MARCO "EL PROFE" | 1053argentina/Sad4f6f5c8ea6/2019 | 629 | 34.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · TOLABA, SERGIO MANUEL | 13argentina/Sad4f6f5c8ea6/2019 | 224 | 12.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FELICIDAD · OCAMPO, ESTEBAN | 1874argentina/Sad4f6f5c8ea6/2019 | 39 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI40.540–100 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=6.617929973066566, oldest_gap=17.5609756097561, previous_gap=20.54794520547945
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,[35.55687909469923,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.44312090530079],[51.65311653116531,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.34688346883469]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility16.1percentage 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,[35.55687909469923,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.44312090530079],[51.65311653116531,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.34688346883469]]
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,[35.55687909469923,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,64.44312090530079],[51.65311653116531,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48.34688346883469]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAIQUITA, LUIS FIDEL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| TOLABA, SERGIO MANUEL | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| OCAMPO, ESTEBAN | Lead council candidate | 2019 | FELICIDAD | unknown |
| BARROSO, MARCO "EL PROFE" | Lead council candidate | 2019 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| SAIQUITA, LUIS FIDEL | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| CORIA, GUSTAVO ALEJANDRO | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FRENTE SALTEÑO | unknown |
| TAPIA, HECTOR MARCELO | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO AUTONOMISTA | unknown |
| GUZMAN, DANIEL ALEJANDRO | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| BARROSO, "EL PROFE" | Lead council candidate | 2021 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| OCAMPO, ESTEBAN | Lead council candidate | 2021 | FELICIDAD | unknown |
| IGNACIO, "DOÑA WACHI" FELISA | Lead council candidate | 2021 | SALTA PARA TODOS | unknown |
| GUTIERREZ, FABIAN ALEJANDRO | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FEDERAL ALTERNATIVO REGIONAL ORGANIZADO-FARO | unknown |
| GUZMAN, ESTELA VERONICA | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE VAMOS SALTA | unknown |
| MENESES, BERNARDINO WILSON | Lead council candidate | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR 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/7/7.60.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2021G/7/7.60.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/7/7.60.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C7_7.60.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2021_C7_7.60.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C7_7.60.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Aguas Blancas — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-C-60. Sources: argentina--url-d397f2ff61d58823decc4bae, argentina--url-4040de4bdc7e50ce91985b26, argentina--url-274265311c5d8e92e0d53815, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S58c037505606, argentina--S3a4124cc6048, argentina--Sad4f6f5c8ea6.