Office briefing
Rivadavia Banda Sur — Mayor
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Argentina · Rivadavia Banda Sur / Salta / RIVADAVIA · municipal · MayorAR-SA-M-16
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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
- Rivadavia Banda Sur / Salta / RIVADAVIA
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-251d78bc6f0c9583f394c6f7
- 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 JUSTICIALISTA34.6%
- MEMORIA Y MOVILIZACION SOCIAL32.7%
- PRIMERO SALTA17.0%
- FRENTE AVANCEMOS15.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · CUENCA, LEOPOLDO "POLO" | 4argentina/Sd0ad876b315a/2023 | 1,713 | 34.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| MEMORIA Y MOVILIZACION SOCIAL · RAMIREZ, HUGO ORLANDO | 208argentina/Sd0ad876b315a/2023 | 1,618 | 32.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PRIMERO SALTA · CAMPOS, DEMETRIO | 1862argentina/Sd0ad876b315a/2023 | 843 | 17% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AVANCEMOS · CISNERO, OSCAR | 3739argentina/Sd0ad876b315a/2023 | 779 | 15.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA47.5%
- AHORA PATRIA29.8%
- SAENZ GOBERNADOR13.2%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR5.9%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA1.7%
- TODOS POR SALTA1.4%
- UNION CIVICA RADICAL0.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · CUENCA, "POLO" LEOPOLDO | 4argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 2,059 | 47.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| AHORA PATRIA · CISNERO, CARLOS OSCAR | 2626argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 1,292 | 29.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SAENZ GOBERNADOR · ROJAS, JUAN ANTONIO | 3432argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 572 | 13.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR · DIAZ, CERBANDA | 32argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 255 | 5.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · ARANDA, EDGAR OSWALDO | 13argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 72 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS POR SALTA · CUETO, MIGUEL ANGEL | 2627argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 62 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION CIVICA RADICAL · BENITEZ, GUSTAVO ARIEL | 5argentina/Sa6ca8fa6cb85/2019 | 24 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-05-17
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA52.1%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA46.5%
- PARTIDO FRENTE GRANDE1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · CUENCA, LEOPOLDO "POLO" | 4argentina/S416471edb599/2015 | 2,116 | 52.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · TORRES, "EL GORDO" EDGARDO | 13argentina/S416471edb599/2015 | 1,885 | 46.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO FRENTE GRANDE · SARDINA, RAUL FRANCISCO | 12argentina/S416471edb599/2015 | 57 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI64.870–100 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=1.9180294770845947, oldest_gap=5.692459339576146, previous_gap=17.689114391143907
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility13.45percentage 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=[[34.58509993943065,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.41490006056935],[47.48616236162361,0.5535055350553506,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51.960332103321036],[52.14391325776244,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.85608674223755]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility4.66percentage 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=[[34.58509993943065,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.41490006056935],[47.48616236162361,0.5535055350553506,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51.960332103321036],[52.14391325776244,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.85608674223755]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility9.06percentage 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: 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=[[34.58509993943065,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.41490006056935],[47.48616236162361,0.5535055350553506,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51.960332103321036],[52.14391325776244,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47.85608674223755]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES, "EL GORDO" EDGARDO | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| SARDINA, RAUL FRANCISCO | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO FRENTE GRANDE | unknown |
| CUENCA, LEOPOLDO "POLO" | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| CUENCA, "POLO" LEOPOLDO | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| DIAZ, CERBANDA | Mayor | 2019 | MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR | unknown |
| ARANDA, EDGAR OSWALDO | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| CISNERO, CARLOS OSCAR | Mayor | 2019 | AHORA PATRIA | unknown |
| BENITEZ, GUSTAVO ARIEL | Mayor | 2019 | UNION CIVICA RADICAL | unknown |
| ROJAS, JUAN ANTONIO | Mayor | 2019 | SAENZ GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| CUETO, MIGUEL ANGEL | Mayor | 2019 | TODOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| CUENCA, LEOPOLDO "POLO" | Mayor | 2023 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| RAMIREZ, HUGO ORLANDO | Mayor | 2023 | MEMORIA Y MOVILIZACION SOCIAL | unknown |
| CAMPOS, DEMETRIO | Mayor | 2023 | PRIMERO SALTA | unknown |
| CISNERO, OSCAR | Mayor | 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/6/6.16.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/6/6.16.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2015G/6/6.16.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C6_6.16.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C6_6.16.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2015_C6_6.16.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Rivadavia Banda Sur — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-M-16. Sources: argentina--url-73570055fc25c506221998c1, argentina--url-51be035c78b26692e5f88a7c, argentina--url-6f0e825aab77985217b9d639, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--Sd0ad876b315a, argentina--Sa6ca8fa6cb85, argentina--S416471edb599.