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RUFINO — Municipal council / communal commission
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Argentina · RUFINO / Santa Fe — GENERAL LOPEZ · municipal · Municipal council / communal commissionAR-SF-C-GENERALLOPEZ-RUFINO
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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
- RUFINO / Santa Fe — GENERAL LOPEZ
- Next election
- 2027; formal call pending
- Linked upcoming event
- next-d3c8853bcd4729fda1e2c6dc
- 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 FE58.4%
- MÁS PARA SANTA FE15.5%
- LA LIBERTAD AVANZA14.2%
- SIN MIEDO11.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 3,872 | 58.4% | 3 | Recorded |
| MÁS PARA SANTA FE | 8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 1,027 | 15.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LA LIBERTAD AVANZA | 69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 943 | 14.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SIN MIEDO | 13argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025 | 790 | 11.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2023-09-10
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE59.6%
- SANTA FE PARA TODOS30.6%
- JUNTOS AVANCEMOS5.3%
- CONFLUENCIA SANTAFESINA4.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | 102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 5,186 | 59.6% | 2 | Recorded |
| SANTA FE PARA TODOS | 69argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 2,660 | 30.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS AVANCEMOS | 83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 465 | 5.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CONFLUENCIA SANTAFESINA | 101argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023 | 394 | 4.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2021-11-14
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL47.3%
- JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO29.0%
- FRENTE DE TODOS18.9%
- FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA3.1%
- UNION POR LA LIBERTAD1.6%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL | 18argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 4,959 | 47.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO | 105argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 3,041 | 29% | 1 | Recorded |
| FRENTE DE TODOS | 31argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 1,981 | 18.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA | 25argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 330 | 3.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION POR LA LIBERTAD | 128argentina/S39e1e83a3bd6/2021 | 168 | 1.6% | 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 CI0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=42.89806996381182, oldest_gap=18.30327321309285, previous_gap=29.017805858701895
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELLIZZA DANIEL ADRIAN | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| DEHESA ROBERTO GUSTAVO | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| MAZZUCCO ALBERTO PEDRO | Source roster entry | 2015 | Unknown | unknown |
| CARBALLEIRA FEDERICO ALEJANDRO | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| VERNA BRUNO NORBERTO DAVID | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| CERUTTI ALEJANDRA SILVIA BEATRIZ | Source roster entry | 2021 | Unknown | unknown |
| SAINT MARTIN RAUL GASPAR | CONCEJAL | 2017 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| MENGHINI MARIA ANA | CONCEJAL | 2017 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| MARCOS MAURO ANTONIO | CONCEJAL | 2017 | FRENTE JUSTICIALISTA | unknown |
| REINOSO VIVIANA GISELA | CONCEJAL | 2019 | CAMBIEMOS | unknown |
| ROBLES DANIELA SILVANA | CONCEJAL | 2019 | JUNTOS | unknown |
| SANTO WALTER ENRIQUE | CONCEJAL | 2019 | FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIAL | unknown |
| REINOSO VIVIANA GISELA | Concejal/a | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| GARMENDIA JUAN PABLO | Concejal/a | 2023 | SANTA FE PARA TODOS | unknown |
| PAULONI GUGGIA SANTIAGO | Concejal/a | 2023 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| ARAMBEL GARCIA MARIA BELEN | Concejal/a | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| CARBALLEIRA FRANCISCO AGUSTIN | Concejal/a | 2025 | UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE | unknown |
| CORREA MAXIMILIANO ADRIAN | Concejal/a | 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. 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/GralDpto06.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_dpto06_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_doc5.pdf · rights unknown
- Argentina: Santa Fe Tribunal Electoral: ar_sf_2015_doc10.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. “RUFINO — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-GENERALLOPEZ-RUFINO. 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--S5ddf099f9159, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef.