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Office briefing

San Lorenzo — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Argentina · San Lorenzo / Salta / CAPITAL · municipal · MayorAR-SA-M-02

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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
San Lorenzo / Salta / CAPITAL
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-19f10a4c24b9e01b463ddfe9
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 SALTA41.3%
  • FRENTE AVANCEMOS24.2%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO13.4%
  • SALTA NOS UNE6.6%
  • PRIMERO SALTA3.7%
  • ENTRE TODOS3.0%
  • FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA MST - PARTIDO OBRERO1.9%
  • LIBERALES SAN LORENZO1.8%
  • SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA1.7%
  • FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS1.4%
  • FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD0.9%
Results for event-ac81e20bab779f22b19732cf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE VAMOS SALTA · SARAVIA, MANUEL3745argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20237,51541.3%1Recorded
FRENTE AVANCEMOS · GONZA, "KILA"3739argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20234,40924.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · VALENCIA, "JULIETA"3746argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20232,43013.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SALTA NOS UNE · CRUZ, BENJAMIN1869argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20231,2076.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PRIMERO SALTA · LAMBERTIN, JESUS HUMBERTO1862argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20236783.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ENTRE TODOS · ESTRADA, MARIANO MATIAS3741argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20235503%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA MST - PARTIDO OBRERO · CARBONI LAGUNA, DAIANA3740argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20233381.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBERALES SAN LORENZO · RUIZ, SEBASTIAN OSCAR3709argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20233301.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA · GIURI SARAVIA, HORACIO3747argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20233171.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS · RACIOPPI, MARIA SUSANA3742argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20232521.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD · APAZA, NANCY NOEMI3743argentina/S1b9c82369bb5/20231670.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-11-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • SAENZ GOBERNADOR42.4%
  • FRENTE SALTEÑO41.5%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS6.9%
  • OLMEDO GOBERNADOR5.6%
  • FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDAD2.1%
  • UNION CIVICA RADICAL1.5%
Results for event-2763167d414209e765b121e9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SAENZ GOBERNADOR · SARAVIA, MANUEL3432argentina/S71c2b351a74e/20196,48642.4%1Recorded
FRENTE SALTEÑO · GONZA, "KILA"460argentina/S71c2b351a74e/20196,35241.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS · LAMBERTIN, JESUS HUMBERTO3433argentina/S71c2b351a74e/20191,0486.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
OLMEDO GOBERNADOR · GONZALEZ, JAVIER HORACIO3434argentina/S71c2b351a74e/20198575.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDAD · ROMEO, JULIANA NELIDA3428argentina/S71c2b351a74e/20193252.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION CIVICA RADICAL · MAMANI, ORLANDO RAFAEL5argentina/S71c2b351a74e/20192251.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-05-17

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO36.1%
  • FTE. JUSTICIALISTA RENOVADOR PARA LA VICTORIA32.7%
  • PRO - PROPUESTA REPUBLICANA24.1%
  • PARTIDO OBRERO3.8%
  • FRENTE UCR - UNEN - PS3.3%
Results for event-f6d972a2cea08745a1e409ea
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO · GONZA, "KILA"1688argentina/S634f21c7c787/20153,64736.1%1Recorded
FTE. JUSTICIALISTA RENOVADOR PARA LA VICTORIA · PARRA, FEDERICO1687argentina/S634f21c7c787/20153,30332.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PRO - PROPUESTA REPUBLICANA · SARAVIA, MANUEL446argentina/S634f21c7c787/20152,43124.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO OBRERO · ZURITA, LILIANA MABEL22argentina/S634f21c7c787/20153873.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE UCR - UNEN - PS · ZENZANO, MARTA JULIA1278argentina/S634f21c7c787/20153353.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

45.770–100 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=17.072500412246466, oldest_gap=3.4049292289418958, previous_gap=0.8762178774602702

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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,[0,1.4712613614071797,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98.52873863859284],[0,0,0,24.06215975452836,0,0,3.830545382559636,0,0,72.107294862912]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

27.89percentage 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,[0,1.4712613614071797,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98.52873863859284],[0,0,0,24.06215975452836,0,0,3.830545382559636,0,0,72.107294862912]]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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,[0,1.4712613614071797,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98.52873863859284],[0,0,0,24.06215975452836,0,0,3.830545382559636,0,0,72.107294862912]]

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.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
ZURITA, LILIANA MABELMayor2015PARTIDO OBREROunknown
GONZA, "KILA"Mayor2015FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDOunknown
SARAVIA, MANUELMayor2015PRO - PROPUESTA REPUBLICANAunknown
ZENZANO, MARTA JULIAMayor2015FRENTE UCR - UNEN - PSunknown
PARRA, FEDERICOMayor2015FTE. JUSTICIALISTA RENOVADOR PARA LA VICTORIAunknown
SARAVIA, MANUELMayor2019SAENZ GOBERNADORunknown
GONZA, "KILA"Mayor2019FRENTE SALTEÑOunknown
GONZALEZ, JAVIER HORACIOMayor2019OLMEDO GOBERNADORunknown
MAMANI, ORLANDO RAFAELMayor2019UNION CIVICA RADICALunknown
LAMBERTIN, JESUS HUMBERTOMayor2019FRENTE DE TODOSunknown
ROMEO, JULIANA NELIDAMayor2019FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA Y DE TRABAJADORES - UNIDADunknown
SARAVIA, MANUELMayor2023FRENTE VAMOS SALTAunknown
GONZA, "KILA"Mayor2023FRENTE AVANCEMOSunknown
VALENCIA, "JULIETA"Mayor2023JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIOunknown
CRUZ, BENJAMINMayor2023SALTA NOS UNEunknown
LAMBERTIN, JESUS HUMBERTOMayor2023PRIMERO SALTAunknown
ESTRADA, MARIANO MATIASMayor2023ENTRE TODOSunknown
CARBONI LAGUNA, DAIANAMayor2023FRENTE DE IZQUIERDA MST - PARTIDO OBREROunknown
GIURI SARAVIA, HORACIOMayor2023SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORAunknown
RACIOPPI, MARIA SUSANAMayor2023FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOSunknown
APAZA, NANCY NOEMIMayor2023FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDADunknown
RUIZ, SEBASTIAN OSCARMayor2023LIBERALES SAN LORENZOunknown

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

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “San Lorenzo — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-M-02. Sources: argentina--url-9bcb7f7a835ddfd28ccbb205, argentina--url-e1445e1bab82d79d22085f93, argentina--url-1b5449e86a07cf1e3decc98f, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S1b9c82369bb5, argentina--S71c2b351a74e, argentina--S634f21c7c787.