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SUNCHALES — Municipal council / communal commission

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

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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
SUNCHALES / Santa Fe — CASTELLANOS
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-e0b23ebc7535b605b51272f1
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

  • AHORA SUNCHALES31.8%
  • LA LIBERTAD AVANZA28.3%
  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE16.7%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE13.4%
  • UNIDOS POR SUNCHALES5.5%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD4.3%
Results for event-50076d2913b12b601e9402ed
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AHORA SUNCHALES76argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,91031.8%1Recorded
LA LIBERTAD AVANZA69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,59228.3%1Recorded
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,52916.7%1Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,22213.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS POR SUNCHALES57argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20255035.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20253904.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • AHORA SUNCHALES37.0%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE19.7%
  • IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION16.7%
  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS15.0%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO POR LA SOBERANIA11.6%
Results for event-933d39dae1b06e6d58d37b15
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AHORA SUNCHALES22argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20234,52137%2Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,40519.7%1Recorded
IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION67argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,04516.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,83615%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO POR LA SOBERANIA105argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,41811.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO36.5%
  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL23.8%
  • IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION12.9%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS11.8%
  • ACCION VECINALISTA SUNCHALENSE8.6%
  • PARTIDO DEMOCRATA PROGRESISTA6.5%
Results for event-716c7bc9ec9b018119159e23
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20214,65436.5%2Recorded
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20213,03123.8%1Recorded
IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION126argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20211,64312.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20211,50811.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ACCION VECINALISTA SUNCHALENSE24argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20211,0918.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO DEMOCRATA PROGRESISTA63argentina/S83de9cad9c3c/20218286.5%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

57.240–100 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=3.4769298053794024, oldest_gap=12.724421795374361, previous_gap=17.30879345603272

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?
PINOTTI PABLO ADRIANSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
GOMEZ CARLOS FABIANSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
CATTANEO FERNANDO CARLOSSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
GIUSTI CAROLINASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
GHIANO PABLO ANDRESSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
DOBLER SANTIAGO JORGESource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
FERRERO MARIA JOSECONCEJAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
LAMBERTI LEANDRO ANDRESCONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
TRINCHIERI OSCAR ABELCONCEJAL2017ACCION VECINALISTA SUNCHALENSEunknown
BUGNON MARIA ALEJANDRACONCEJAL2019PARTIDO DEMOCRATA PROGRESISTAunknown
OCHAT ANDREA IVANACONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
BERTOGLIO HORACIO DANIELCONCEJAL2019PARTIDO DEMOCRATA PROGRESISTAunknown
OCHAT ANDREA IVANAConcejal/a2023AHORA SUNCHALESunknown
BALDUINO LAURA ANDREAConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
ASTOR JUAN IGNACIOConcejal/a2023AHORA SUNCHALESunknown
DELMASTRO JOSE SANTIAGOConcejal/a2025AHORA SUNCHALESunknown
NICOLAU SEBASTIAN GERARDOConcejal/a2025LA LIBERTAD AVANZAunknown
CATTANEO FERNANDO CARLOSConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA 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. “SUNCHALES — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-CASTELLANOS-SUNCHALES. 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.