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FRONTERA — Municipal council / communal commission

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Argentina · FRONTERA / Santa Fe — CASTELLANOS · municipal · Municipal council / communal commissionAR-SF-C-CASTELLANOS-FRONTERA

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Formal 2027 polling date is pending. Law 14,436 governs the 2027 transition. Local choices about council structure can remain open until 30 November 2026. Official votes and elected rosters are retained. Council counts describe elected cohorts. Current governing membership and later replacements require verification.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
FRONTERA / Santa Fe — CASTELLANOS
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-034624dcc1133d6bc783bff3
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?

2025-06-29

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE62.3%
  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE37.7%
Results for event-45acd6a70334bbf6461efd97
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,57162.3%2Recorded
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202595137.7%1Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS41.6%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE34.8%
  • SANTAFESINO CIEN POR CIENTO11.8%
  • INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPU6.7%
  • ESCUCHARTE5.1%
Results for event-e93e715bfce88e122de264ff
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,60741.6%2Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,34334.8%1Recorded
SANTAFESINO CIEN POR CIENTO17argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202345611.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPU37argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232606.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ESCUCHARTE89argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231985.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL42.8%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS41.6%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO15.7%
Results for event-e2a8f8151507305e86001936
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20211,72142.8%2Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20211,67341.6%1Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/202163015.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

Other events (not selected cycles)

  • 2017-10-22 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established
  • 2019-06-16 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established
  • 2015-06-14 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

15.40–100 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=24.58366375892149, oldest_gap=1.1928429423459264, previous_gap=6.83229813664596

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,null,null]

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: Previous 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=Previous interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

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,null,null]

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?
MARTINEZ OSCAR ALFREDOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
ORIGLIA CLAUDIO ANTONIOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
FISSORE NESTOR JUANSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
MARTINEZ OSCAR ALFREDOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
PASTORE JUAN MANUELSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
RODRIGUEZ GABRIELA NORASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
PASTORE JUAN MANUELCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
ORIGLIA CLAUDIO ANTONIOCONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
RIOS MARIA JULIACONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
MARTINEZ OSCAR ALFREDOCONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
PALOMEQUE NICOLAS JAVIERCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
PEREZ SUSANA GRACIELACONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
PALOMEQUE NICOLÁS JAVIERConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
NIETO ROSSANA GABRIELAConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
GRANDE MICAELA EVANGELINAConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
MILANESIO FABIO ALFREDOConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
PALOMEQUE NICOLÁS JAVIERConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown
TABORDA IVANA CAROLINAConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown

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

Formal 2027 polling date is pending. Law 14,436 governs the 2027 transition. Local choices about council structure can remain open until 30 November 2026. Official votes and elected rosters are retained. Council counts describe elected cohorts. Current governing membership and later replacements require verification. 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. “FRONTERA — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-CASTELLANOS-FRONTERA. Sources: argentina--url-37c2f32beac05e8dc61453fe, argentina--url-c59a56523176464d6aa95c66, argentina--url-cbbddaf10394eef080141e90, argentina--url-5f87e101c11beb3c13ee782c, argentina--url-5a55b3b32d7b3d501f49fde7, argentina--url-2c91ae2c2e850f6eb8521228, argentina--url-d7161d241341725861e1307d, argentina--Sa9a75bad2b02, argentina--S6cbb0ff8bc14, argentina--Sd5731ccd0603, argentina--S6c0f4226a3e8, argentina--S83de9cad9c3c, argentina--S67bbf2c6e3ca, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef.