Office briefing
Salta — Mayor
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Argentina · Salta / Salta / CAPITAL · municipal · MayorAR-SA-M-01
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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
- Salta / Salta / CAPITAL
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-d4f309a62d2d6f2bef9ac1e9
- 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 VAMOS SALTA37.5%
- FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA20.4%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO12.2%
- SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE10.9%
- ENTRE TODOS3.4%
- FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA MST - PARTIDO OBRERO2.6%
- FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS2.2%
- SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA2.0%
- POLITICA OBRERA2.0%
- FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD1.7%
- LIBERAL SALTA1.4%
- INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPULAR1.3%
- PARTIDO DE TRABAJADORES POR EL SOCIALISMO1.1%
- MOVIMIENTO AL SOCIALISMO0.8%
- DIGNIDAD Y JUSTICIA0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE VAMOS SALTA · DURAND, EMILIANO | 3745argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 106,303 | 37.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · ROMERO, BETTINA INES | 3744argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 57,777 | 20.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · POSADAS, MATIAS | 3746argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 34,563 | 12.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE · BIELLA, FELIPE | 2543argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 30,926 | 10.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ENTRE TODOS · ACEDO SALIM, LUCIANO | 3741argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 9,705 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA MST - PARTIDO OBRERO · ZARZURI, CARLOS RUBEN | 3740argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 7,489 | 2.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS · URTUBEY SARAVIA TOLEDO, MARCOS | 3742argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 6,339 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA · MAROCCO, JUAN FACUNDO | 3747argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 5,784 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| POLITICA OBRERA · QUINTANA, JULIO OSCAR | 22argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 5,685 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD · MENDEZ, "USHU" | 3743argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 4,904 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBERAL SALTA · VAZQUEZ, OSCAR RICARDO | 3647argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 4,075 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPULAR · SIUFFI, ESMERALDA SOLEDAD | 685argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 3,735 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE TRABAJADORES POR EL SOCIALISMO · CHOQUE, JESUS | 1863argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 3,129 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO AL SOCIALISMO · MURUA, EMILIA MANUELA | 3625argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 2,141 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| DIGNIDAD Y JUSTICIA · JUAREZ, MARCOS DANIEL | 2572argentina/Sf0e12720e2f3/2023 | 1,115 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- SAENZ GOBERNADOR52.6%
- FRENTE DE TODOS27.6%
- OLMEDO GOBERNADOR15.3%
- FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDAD4.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAENZ GOBERNADOR · ROMERO, BETTINA INES | 3432argentina/S5a07cb3844ed/2019 | 148,964 | 52.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS · LEIVA, DAVID | 3433argentina/S5a07cb3844ed/2019 | 78,124 | 27.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| OLMEDO GOBERNADOR · SURIANI, ANDRES RAFAEL | 3434argentina/S5a07cb3844ed/2019 | 43,255 | 15.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDAD · DEL PLA, CLAUDIO ARIEL | 3428argentina/S5a07cb3844ed/2019 | 12,805 | 4.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-05-17
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO41.1%
- FTE. JUSTICIALISTA RENOVADOR PARA LA VICTORIA33.9%
- PARTIDO OBRERO12.5%
- FRENTE UCR - UNEN - PS6.3%
- CABILDO ABIERTO4.4%
- FRENTE POPULAR1.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO · SAENZ, GUSTAVO | 1688argentina/Sc592cb2a1b5c/2015 | 116,126 | 41.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| FTE. JUSTICIALISTA RENOVADOR PARA LA VICTORIA · DAVID, JAVIER | 1687argentina/Sc592cb2a1b5c/2015 | 95,887 | 33.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO OBRERO · LOPEZ, PABLO SEBASTIAN | 22argentina/Sc592cb2a1b5c/2015 | 35,200 | 12.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE UCR - UNEN - PS · ANTONELLI, EDUARDO DAVID | 1278argentina/Sc592cb2a1b5c/2015 | 17,700 | 6.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CABILDO ABIERTO · WAYAR, WALTER | 3argentina/Sc592cb2a1b5c/2015 | 12,312 | 4.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE POPULAR · BOTELLI, ARTURO "PACHULA" | 1242argentina/Sc592cb2a1b5c/2015 | 5,258 | 1.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI7.570–100 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=17.106496985934363, oldest_gap=7.164678936431571, previous_gap=25.018718126209617
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,null,[0,0,0,0,0,0,12.460926852235355,0,0,87.53907314776464]]
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: Previous 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=Previous interval, vectors=[null,null,[0,0,0,0,0,0,12.460926852235355,0,0,87.53907314776464]]
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,null,[0,0,0,0,0,0,12.460926852235355,0,0,87.53907314776464]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYAR, WALTER | Mayor | 2015 | CABILDO ABIERTO | unknown |
| LOPEZ, PABLO SEBASTIAN | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO OBRERO | unknown |
| BOTELLI, ARTURO "PACHULA" | Mayor | 2015 | FRENTE POPULAR | unknown |
| SAENZ, GUSTAVO | Mayor | 2015 | FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO | unknown |
| ANTONELLI, EDUARDO DAVID | Mayor | 2015 | FRENTE UCR - UNEN - PS | unknown |
| DAVID, JAVIER | Mayor | 2015 | FTE. JUSTICIALISTA RENOVADOR PARA LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| ROMERO, BETTINA INES | Mayor | 2019 | SAENZ GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| LEIVA, DAVID | Mayor | 2019 | FRENTE DE TODOS | unknown |
| SURIANI, ANDRES RAFAEL | Mayor | 2019 | OLMEDO GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| DEL PLA, CLAUDIO ARIEL | Mayor | 2019 | FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDAD | unknown |
| DURAND, EMILIANO | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE VAMOS SALTA | unknown |
| ROMERO, BETTINA INES | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| POSADAS, MATIAS | Mayor | 2023 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| BIELLA, FELIPE | Mayor | 2023 | SI - SALTA INDEPENDIENTE | unknown |
| ACEDO SALIM, LUCIANO | Mayor | 2023 | ENTRE TODOS | unknown |
| ZARZURI, CARLOS RUBEN | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA MST - PARTIDO OBRERO | unknown |
| URTUBEY SARAVIA TOLEDO, MARCOS | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS | unknown |
| MAROCCO, JUAN FACUNDO | Mayor | 2023 | SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA | unknown |
| MENDEZ, "USHU" | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD | unknown |
| QUINTANA, JULIO OSCAR | Mayor | 2023 | POLITICA OBRERA | unknown |
| VAZQUEZ, OSCAR RICARDO | Mayor | 2023 | LIBERAL SALTA | unknown |
| SIUFFI, ESMERALDA SOLEDAD | Mayor | 2023 | INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPULAR | unknown |
| CHOQUE, JESUS | Mayor | 2023 | PARTIDO DE TRABAJADORES POR EL SOCIALISMO | unknown |
| MURUA, EMILIA MANUELA | Mayor | 2023 | MOVIMIENTO AL SOCIALISMO | unknown |
| JUAREZ, MARCOS DANIEL | Mayor | 2023 | DIGNIDAD Y JUSTICIA | 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/6/1.1.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/6/1.1.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2015G/6/1.1.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C6_1.1.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C6_1.1.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2015_C6_1.1.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Salta — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-M-01. Sources: argentina--url-6b9a112a2a19ee28727ba3f1, argentina--url-1d30a87a0a68c355c623e2fc, argentina--url-04c1dc1328315e54e53b91fc, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--Sf0e12720e2f3, argentina--S5a07cb3844ed, argentina--Sc592cb2a1b5c.