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CHOVET — Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition)
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Argentina · CHOVET / Santa Fe — GENERAL LOPEZ · municipal · Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition)AR-SF-C-GENERALLOPEZ-CHOVET
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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
- CHOVET / Santa Fe — GENERAL LOPEZ
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-356d7a2777cf67621a51ea78
- 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 FE62.5%
- SANTA FE PARA TODOS37.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 857 | 62.5% | 4 | Recorded |
| SANTA FE PARA TODOS | 32argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 515 | 37.5% | 1 | Recorded |
2023-09-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE57.0%
- JUNTOS AVANCEMOS43.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 810 | 57% | 4 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | 83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 612 | 43% | 1 | Recorded |
2021-11-14
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL65.3%
- FRENTE DE TODOS34.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL | 18argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 976 | 65.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS | 31argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 518 | 34.7% | 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSQUET SERGIO MANUEL | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| RAFAELLI LIVIO JOSE ENRIQUE | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| SANCHEZ CANDELA SOLEDAD | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| ALTOBELLO IVAN ANTONIO | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO | unknown |
| JAKSIC DORA PATRICIA | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| BUSQUET SERGIO MANUEL | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| RAFAELLI LIVIO JOSE ENRIQUE | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| WILLI SONIA MARTA | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| ALLASSIA GUILLERMO ANDRES | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| VALENTI JULIO RAMON | MIEMBRO COMUNAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| BUSQUET SERGIO MANUEL | M. Comunal | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| FRIAS FABIANA BEATRIZ | M. Comunal | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| RAFAELLI LIVIO JOSE ENRIQUE | M. Comunal | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| LOPEZ MARIA LUJAN | M. Comunal | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| TORRES MARCELO RAMON | M. Comunal | 2023 | JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | unknown |
| LUCIC MAURICIO SERGIO | M. Comunal | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| MARTINOTTI GRISELDA MARIA | M. Comunal | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| BARRA NORBERTO FABIAN | M. Comunal | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| FRIAS FABIANA BEATRIZ | M. Comunal | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| DI BENEDETTO RUBEN DANIEL | M. Comunal | 2025 | SANTA FE PARA TODOS | 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. “CHOVET — Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition).” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-GENERALLOPEZ-CHOVET. 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.