Office briefing
San Carlos — Mayor
Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.
Argentina · San Carlos / Salta / SAN CARLOS · municipal · MayorAR-SA-M-48
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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 Carlos / Salta / SAN CARLOS
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-9129368b0def38b264ac220c
- 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 JUSTICIALISTA33.1%
- FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA19.9%
- FRENTE AVANCEMOS15.3%
- ENTRE TODOS10.7%
- PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD10.3%
- FRENTE SALTEÑO4.9%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO4.8%
- FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD1.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · VARGAS, MARIA DEL CARMEN "KUKINA | 4argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 777 | 33.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA · MAGNO, SONIA ELIZABEHT | 3744argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 466 | 19.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE AVANCEMOS · RIOS, ROBERTO | 3739argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 358 | 15.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ENTRE TODOS · KOELBL, MAXIMILIANO | 3741argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 252 | 10.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD · CARDOZO, NESTOR FIDEL | 1861argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 242 | 10.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTEÑO · CONDORI, MARCELO "PIOJO" | 460argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 115 | 4.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · RODRIGUEZ, RAMON ATILIO | 3746argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 112 | 4.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD · LOPEZ, JULIA ESTHER | 3743argentina/S7d18af2b89a9/2023 | 24 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-11-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA36.8%
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA33.5%
- SAENZ GOBERNADOR12.8%
- SALTA NOS UNE11.7%
- PRIMERO SALTA2.8%
- KOLINA2.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA · VARGAS, HECTOR "RULO" | 4argentina/S30fecb2cafb4/2019 | 824 | 36.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · MAGNO, SONIA ELIZABEHT | 13argentina/S30fecb2cafb4/2019 | 751 | 33.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SAENZ GOBERNADOR · BRAVO, SOFIA NATALIA | 3432argentina/S30fecb2cafb4/2019 | 287 | 12.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SALTA NOS UNE · TULA, EXEQUIEL ALEJANDRO | 1869argentina/S30fecb2cafb4/2019 | 262 | 11.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PRIMERO SALTA · DIAZ, EUSTAQUIO AGUSTIN | 1862argentina/S30fecb2cafb4/2019 | 62 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| KOLINA · VARGAS, JAVIER FERNANDO | 459argentina/S30fecb2cafb4/2019 | 56 | 2.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-05-17
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA51.0%
- FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO44.1%
- UNION CIVICA RADICAL2.4%
- MOVIMIENTO POPULAR UNIDO1.5%
- PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA1.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA · VASQUEZ GARECA, ROBERTO | 13argentina/Se54cf8adf884/2015 | 1,049 | 51% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO · ROJO, DIEGO ERNESTO | 1688argentina/Se54cf8adf884/2015 | 906 | 44.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION CIVICA RADICAL · CARRASCO, HECTOR BERNARDO | 5argentina/Se54cf8adf884/2015 | 49 | 2.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POPULAR UNIDO · CARDOZO, ZOILO ROBERTO | 632argentina/Se54cf8adf884/2015 | 30 | 1.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO RENOVADOR DE SALTA | bulk-152argentina/Se54cf8adf884/2015 | 22 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI51.870–100 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=13.256606990622334, oldest_gap=6.955252918287933, previous_gap=3.2560214094558404
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility3.63percentage 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=[[33.12020460358056,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66.87979539641942],[36.7528991971454,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.2471008028546],[0,2.3832684824902723,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,97.61673151750973]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility36.75percentage 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=[[33.12020460358056,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66.87979539641942],[36.7528991971454,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.2471008028546],[0,2.3832684824902723,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,97.61673151750973]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility20.19percentage 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=[[33.12020460358056,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66.87979539641942],[36.7528991971454,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,63.2471008028546],[0,2.3832684824902723,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,97.61673151750973]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROJO, DIEGO ERNESTO | Mayor | 2015 | FRENTE ROMERO + OLMEDO | unknown |
| CARRASCO, HECTOR BERNARDO | Mayor | 2015 | UNION CIVICA RADICAL | unknown |
| CARDOZO, ZOILO ROBERTO | Mayor | 2015 | MOVIMIENTO POPULAR UNIDO | unknown |
| VASQUEZ GARECA, ROBERTO | Mayor | 2015 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| VARGAS, HECTOR "RULO" | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| MAGNO, SONIA ELIZABEHT | Mayor | 2019 | PARTIDO DE LA VICTORIA | unknown |
| VARGAS, JAVIER FERNANDO | Mayor | 2019 | KOLINA | unknown |
| BRAVO, SOFIA NATALIA | Mayor | 2019 | SAENZ GOBERNADOR | unknown |
| TULA, EXEQUIEL ALEJANDRO | Mayor | 2019 | SALTA NOS UNE | unknown |
| DIAZ, EUSTAQUIO AGUSTIN | Mayor | 2019 | PRIMERO SALTA | unknown |
| VARGAS, MARIA DEL CARMEN "KUKINA | Mayor | 2023 | PARTIDO JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| CONDORI, MARCELO "PIOJO" | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE SALTEÑO | unknown |
| MAGNO, SONIA ELIZABEHT | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE UNIDOS POR SALTA | unknown |
| CARDOZO, NESTOR FIDEL | Mayor | 2023 | PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD | unknown |
| RIOS, ROBERTO | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| KOELBL, MAXIMILIANO | Mayor | 2023 | ENTRE TODOS | unknown |
| RODRIGUEZ, RAMON ATILIO | Mayor | 2023 | JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| LOPEZ, JULIA ESTHER | Mayor | 2023 | FRENTE SALTA VA CON FELICIDAD | 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
Official publication discrepancy repaired from independent final format: Detailed JSON omits PRS 22 votes; bulk final workbook includes them. Vote total now reconciles.
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/6/18.48.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2019G/6/18.48.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/JSON/Escrutinio/2015G/6/18.48.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.electoralsalta.gob.ar/elecciones/definitivo-anteriores · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2023_C6_18.48.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2019_C6_18.48.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta_2015_C6_18.48.json · rights unknown
- Argentina: Salta Tribunal Electoral definitive return: ar_salta2015.xlsx · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “San Carlos — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SA-M-48. Sources: argentina--url-f5fe9fbdf40ff11e02b61fd3, argentina--url-18a390e6430f828c19c2ece0, argentina--url-61130f7a8f4e3e1b17c5f44f, argentina--url-d7f8790fc5c1bdb4230d10b7, argentina--S7d18af2b89a9, argentina--S30fecb2cafb4, argentina--Se54cf8adf884, argentina--S3bb9649156de.