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CARMEN — Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition)
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Argentina · CARMEN / Santa Fe — GENERAL LOPEZ · municipal · Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition)AR-SF-C-GENERALLOPEZ-CARMEN
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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. Earlier communal commission returns are predecessor-institution comparisons; the new mayor/commission joint ballot is not an identical office. 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
- CARMEN / Santa Fe — GENERAL LOPEZ
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-d07c2f17a72f25ac2c3dc06f
- 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
- SANTA FE PARA TODOS55.4%
- UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE44.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANTA FE PARA TODOS | 32argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 616 | 55.4% | 4 | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 495 | 44.6% | 1 | Recorded |
2023-09-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- JUNTOS AVANCEMOS100.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | 83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 521 | 100% | 5 | Recorded |
2021-11-14
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- FRENTE DE TODOS66.6%
- FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL33.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE DE TODOS | 31argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 759 | 66.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL | 18argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 380 | 33.4% | Unknown | 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
WithheldUnknown0–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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. Earlier communal commission returns are predecessor-institution comparisons; the new mayor/commission joint ballot is not an identical office. Official votes and elected rosters are retained. Council counts describe elected cohorts. Current governing membership and later replacements require verification.
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=null, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=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: 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZELADA WALTER MARIO | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| NATALUTTI RUBEN ALBERTO | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| ZAPATA MARIA ROSA | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| FATILA JUAN JOSE | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| ARIOLA JUAN JOSE | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| CZELADA WALTER MARIO | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| NATALUTTI RUBEN ALBERTO | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| ZAPATA MARIA ROSA | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| NUARA ROSA INES | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| ROSELLO WALTER FABIAN | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| CZELADA WALTER MARIO | M. Comunal | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| GUTIERREZ GEORGINA FLORENCIA | M. Comunal | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| NATALUTTI RUBEN ALBERTO | M. Comunal | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| NUARA ROSA INES | M. Comunal | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| SCHENFELD JUAN PABLO | M. Comunal | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| CZELADA WALTER MARIO | M. Comunal | 2025 | SANTA FE PARA TODOS | unknown |
| GUTIERREZ GEORGINA FLORENCIA | M. Comunal | 2025 | SANTA FE PARA TODOS | unknown |
| NATALUTTI RUBEN ALBERTO | M. Comunal | 2025 | SANTA FE PARA TODOS | unknown |
| NUARA ROSA INES | M. Comunal | 2025 | SANTA FE PARA TODOS | unknown |
| DI BENE MARCELO VICTOR | M. Comunal | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 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. Earlier communal commission returns are predecessor-institution comparisons; the new mayor/commission joint ballot is not an identical office. 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “CARMEN — Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition).” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-GENERALLOPEZ-CARMEN. Sources: argentina--url-37c2f32beac05e8dc61453fe, argentina--url-c59a56523176464d6aa95c66, argentina--url-672e932493801d52ca9d33cb, argentina--url-5f87e101c11beb3c13ee782c, argentina--url-5a55b3b32d7b3d501f49fde7, argentina--url-c525ce3c9587a50239c25014, argentina--url-d7161d241341725861e1307d, argentina--Sa9a75bad2b02, argentina--S6cbb0ff8bc14, argentina--Sd5731ccd0603, argentina--S6c0f4226a3e8, argentina--S39e1e83a3bd6, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef, argentina--S5ddf099f9159.