Office briefing
La Merced — Mayor
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Argentina · La Merced / Salta / CERRILLOS · municipal · MayorAR-SA-M-36
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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
- La Merced / Salta / CERRILLOS
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-31f18dc98c477d37ce0c9d82
- 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 UNIDOS POR SALTA39.1%
- FRENTE VAMOS SALTA32.0%
- FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS14.7%
- FRENTE AVANCEMOS6.8%
- FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD4.2%
- SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA2.1%
- ENTRE TODOS1.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · WAYAR, JAVIER RAFAEL | 3744argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 3,167 | 39.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE VAMOS SALTA · PEREZ, JUAN ANGEL | 3745argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 2,589 | 32% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS · BERRUEZO, MONICA IRIS | 3742argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 1,191 | 14.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AVANCEMOS · DEL VALLE, SILVIA | 3739argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 554 | 6.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD · SALGADO, OSCAR FIDEL | 3743argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 338 | 4.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA · LOPEZ, ROGELIO | 3747argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 167 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ENTRE TODOS · IBAÑEZ, NORMA LILIANA | 3741argentina/S83febe3c8bb0/2023 | 93 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO FE56.9%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA40.2%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA2.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO FE · WAYAR, JAVIER RAFAEL | 1873argentina/S60213dfe4981/2019 | 4,362 | 56.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · PEREZ, JUAN ANGEL | 4argentina/S60213dfe4981/2019 | 3,081 | 40.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · RODRIGUEZ, "DOCTOR" JOSE SEGUNDO | 13argentina/S60213dfe4981/2019 | 225 | 2.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-05-17
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA46.1%
- FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO45.9%
- MOVIMIENTO POPULAR INDEPENDIENTE6.6%
- UNION CIVICA RADICAL1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · PEREZ, JUAN ANGEL | 4argentina/Sd968193b6d0e/2015 | 3,154 | 46.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO · DEL VALLE, SILVIA RAQUEL | 1688argentina/Sd968193b6d0e/2015 | 3,140 | 45.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POPULAR INDEPENDIENTE · RODRIGUEZ, JOSE SEGUNDO | 453argentina/Sd968193b6d0e/2015 | 450 | 6.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION CIVICA RADICAL · VILLAGRA, JOSEFINA DEL SOCORRO | 5argentina/Sd968193b6d0e/2015 | 95 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI53.430–100 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=7.136683541177927, oldest_gap=0.20470829068577245, previous_gap=16.705790297339597
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,[40.17996870109546,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.82003129890454],[46.11785348735195,1.389091972510601,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.49305454013745]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility7.33percentage 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,[40.17996870109546,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.82003129890454],[46.11785348735195,1.389091972510601,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.49305454013745]]
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,[40.17996870109546,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.82003129890454],[46.11785348735195,1.389091972510601,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.49305454013745]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEL VALLE, SILVIA RAQUEL | Mayor | 2015 | FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO | unknown |
| VILLAGRA, JOSEFINA DEL SOCORRO | Mayor | 2015 | UNION CIVICA RADICAL | unknown |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSE SEGUNDO | Mayor | 2015 | MOVIMIENTO POPULAR INDEPENDIENTE | unknown |
| PEREZ, JUAN ANGEL | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| WAYAR, JAVIER RAFAEL | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO FE | unknown |
| PEREZ, JUAN ANGEL | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| RODRIGUEZ, "DOCTOR" JOSE SEGUNDO | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| WAYAR, JAVIER RAFAEL | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| PEREZ, JUAN ANGEL | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE VAMOS SALTA | unknown |
| BERRUEZO, MONICA IRIS | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE SALTA AVANZA CON VOS | unknown |
| DEL VALLE, SILVIA | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| SALGADO, OSCAR FIDEL | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD | unknown |
| LOPEZ, ROGELIO | Mayor | 2023 | SALTA PARA TODOS - CALIVA GOBERNADORA | unknown |
| IBAÑEZ, NORMA LILIANA | Mayor | 2023 | ENTRE TODOS | 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/6/11.36.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/6/11.36.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2015G/6/11.36.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C6_11.36.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C6_11.36.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2015_C6_11.36.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “La Merced — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-M-36. Sources: argentina--url-1d13c975d0e6509f382130ef, argentina--url-8a03435df213cdd1cff3eba1, argentina--url-34040b496833025858bd7ed0, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S83febe3c8bb0, argentina--S60213dfe4981, argentina--Sd968193b6d0e.