Office briefing
El Tala — Mayor
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Argentina · El Tala / Salta / LA CANDELARIA · municipal · MayorAR-SA-M-45
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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
- El Tala / Salta / LA CANDELARIA
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-4cd5a87e019318f296faa07d
- 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 JUSTICIALISTA40.6%
- FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA23.3%
- ENTRE TODOS21.9%
- PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA9.3%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO2.8%
- FRENTE AVANCEMOS2.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · PONCE, DANIEL OMAR | 4argentina/S7779c2e90f34/2023 | 829 | 40.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · ESCOBAR, HUGO RICARDO | 3744argentina/S7779c2e90f34/2023 | 475 | 23.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ENTRE TODOS · ORELLA, CARLOS ADRIAN | 3741argentina/S7779c2e90f34/2023 | 447 | 21.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA · SOLIS, MARIA FERNANDA | 15argentina/S7779c2e90f34/2023 | 191 | 9.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · APAZA, RAMON AMADO | 3746argentina/S7779c2e90f34/2023 | 58 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AVANCEMOS · SULCA, "MAESTRO" HECTOR | 3739argentina/S7779c2e90f34/2023 | 43 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA39.7%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR33.3%
- SAENZ GOBERNADOR25.4%
- KOLINA0.8%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA0.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA · PONCE, DANIEL OMAR | 1053argentina/S678df7f0411d/2019 | 812 | 39.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR · PAZ, MANUEL NORBERTO | 32argentina/S678df7f0411d/2019 | 682 | 33.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SAENZ GOBERNADOR · PASTRANA, MARIA ANTONIA | 3432argentina/S678df7f0411d/2019 | 519 | 25.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| KOLINA · GALVAN, JULIO CESAR | 459argentina/S678df7f0411d/2019 | 16 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · GALVAN, ENRIQUE ANTONIO | 4argentina/S678df7f0411d/2019 | 16 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-05-17
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO52.2%
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA46.2%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA1.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO · MELLADO CASTELLANO, ANDRES JESUS | 1688argentina/Se91c44e6621f/2015 | 1,048 | 52.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · PAZ, MANUEL NORBERTO | 4argentina/Se91c44e6621f/2015 | 928 | 46.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · MERCADO, MIGUEL ANGEL | 13argentina/Se91c44e6621f/2015 | 33 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI35.50–100 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=17.32745961820852, oldest_gap=5.9731209556993505, previous_gap=6.356968215158922
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility39.8percentage 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=[[40.57758198727362,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.42241801272638],[0.78239608801956,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99.21760391198043],[46.19213539074166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.80786460925833]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility45.41percentage 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=[[40.57758198727362,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.42241801272638],[0.78239608801956,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99.21760391198043],[46.19213539074166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.80786460925833]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility42.6percentage 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=[[40.57758198727362,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.42241801272638],[0.78239608801956,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99.21760391198043],[46.19213539074166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.80786460925833]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELLADO CASTELLANO, ANDRES JESUS | Mayor | 2015 | FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO | unknown |
| MERCADO, MIGUEL ANGEL | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| PAZ, MANUEL NORBERTO | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| PONCE, DANIEL OMAR | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO IDENTIDAD SALTEÑA | unknown |
| PASTRANA, MARIA ANTONIA | Mayor | 2019 | SAENZ GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| PAZ, MANUEL NORBERTO | Mayor | 2019 | MOVIMIENTO LIBRES DEL SUR | unknown |
| GALVAN, JULIO CESAR | Mayor | 2019 | KOLINA | unknown |
| GALVAN, ENRIQUE ANTONIO | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| PONCE, DANIEL OMAR | Mayor | 2023 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| SOLIS, MARIA FERNANDA | Mayor | 2023 | PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA | unknown |
| ESCOBAR, HUGO RICARDO | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| ORELLA, CARLOS ADRIAN | Mayor | 2023 | ENTRE TODOS | unknown |
| APAZA, RAMON AMADO | Mayor | 2023 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| SULCA, "MAESTRO" HECTOR | 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/6/16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/6/16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2015G/6/16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C6_16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C6_16.45.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2015_C6_16.45.json · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “El Tala — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-M-45. Sources: argentina--url-c0068fa42d2d0ed08955b703, argentina--url-b9fb39714c3cba89154cc6c9, argentina--url-17f849f23d692ef2e2970272, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S7779c2e90f34, argentina--S678df7f0411d, argentina--Se91c44e6621f.