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RAFAELA — Municipal council / communal commission
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Argentina · RAFAELA / Santa Fe — CASTELLANOS · municipal · Municipal council / communal commissionAR-SF-C-CASTELLANOS-RAFAELA
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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
- RAFAELA / Santa Fe — CASTELLANOS
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-2481ab3f82a01495b206f1fa
- 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
- MÁS PARA SANTA FE36.4%
- LA LIBERTAD AVANZA29.3%
- UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE23.6%
- SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD10.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MÁS PARA SANTA FE | 8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 14,651 | 36.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| LA LIBERTAD AVANZA | 69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 11,808 | 29.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 9,506 | 23.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD | 21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 4,318 | 10.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2023-09-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE43.1%
- JUNTOS AVANCEMOS39.5%
- VIVA LA LIBERTAD14.2%
- UNITE POR LA LIBERTAD Y LA DIGNIDAD3.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 23,707 | 43.1% | 3 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | 83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 21,710 | 39.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| VIVA LA LIBERTAD | 38argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 7,822 | 14.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNITE POR LA LIBERTAD Y LA DIGNIDAD | 65argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 1,719 | 3.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-11-14
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO49.0%
- FRENTE DE TODOS25.5%
- FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL10.3%
- FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA9.5%
- RAFAELA MI CIUDAD5.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | 105argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/2021 | 26,786 | 49% | 3 | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS | 31argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/2021 | 13,918 | 25.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL | 18argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/2021 | 5,649 | 10.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA | 25argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/2021 | 5,206 | 9.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| RAFAELA MI CIUDAD | 69argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/2021 | 3,116 | 5.7% | 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 CI61.610–100 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=7.057567708462624, oldest_gap=23.53543667123914, previous_gap=3.6336839040721998
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,null,null]
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: 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 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,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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONAFEDE SILVIO OSCAR ANDRES | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| MENOSSI HUGO CESAR | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| MARSICO MAZZOLA LISANDRO LUIS | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| GARRAPPA EVANGELINA | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| VISINTINI ANA CARINA | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| VIOTTI LEONARDO GASTON | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| RACCA MARTIN HERNAN | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| SAGARDOY MARIA ALEJANDRA | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| MONDINO CEFERINO JACINTO | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| SOLTERMAM VALERIA | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| VIOTTI LEONARDO GASTON | CONCEJAL | 2017 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| BONINO RAUL MARTIN | CONCEJAL | 2017 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| SAGARDOY MARIA ALEJANDRA | CONCEJAL | 2017 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| MURIEL JORGE OMAR | CONCEJAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| PASCUAL MARTA ESTER | CONCEJAL | 2017 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| VIMO BRENDA | CONCEJAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| BOTTERO GERMAN JUAN | CONCEJAL | 2019 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| MARSICO MAZZOLA LISANDRO LUIS | CONCEJAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| SENN JUAN ALBERTO ALEJANDRO | CONCEJAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| DESTEFANIS MIGUEL ANGEL | CONCEJAL | 2019 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| MARSICO MAZZOLA LISANDRO LUIS | Concejal/a | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| SENN JUAN ALBERTO ALEJANDRO | Concejal/a | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| FOSSATTI MABEL NOEMI | Concejal/a | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| CARUSO MONACO MARIA PAZ | Concejal/a | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| BOIDI CARLA PAOLA | Concejal/a | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| SOLTERMAM VALERIA | Concejal/a | 2025 | MÁS PARA SANTA FE | unknown |
| DELLASANTA FABRICIO | Concejal/a | 2025 | LA LIBERTAD AVANZA | unknown |
| SCAVINO BRUSA JUAN MANUEL | Concejal/a | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| POSTOVIT MAXIMILIANO JUAN LUIS | Concejal/a | 2025 | MÁS PARA SANTA FE | unknown |
| ZAFRA MILAGROS | Concejal/a | 2025 | LA LIBERTAD AVANZA | 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
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
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gov.ar/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2025/07/resultadosGenerales2025.ods · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gov.ar/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2024/08/resultadosGenerales2023.ods · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gov.ar/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2021/11/GralDpto03.pdf · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gov.ar/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2019/08/regr2019.xlsx · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gob.ar/ms/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2018/05/regr2017.xlsx · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gov.ar/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2023/04/resultados_dpto03_2015.pdf · rights unknown
- Argentina: https://www.santafe.gob.ar/ms/tribunalelectoral/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2026/06/Texto-Original-Ley-N%C2%B0-14436.pdf · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2025_results.ods · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2025_elected.ods · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2023_results.ods · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2023_elected.ods · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2021_doc3.pdf · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2015_doc7.pdf · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2017_doc1.xlsx · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2019_elected.xlsx · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2017_doc2.xlsx · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2019_results.xlsx · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “RAFAELA — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-CASTELLANOS-RAFAELA. 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.