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LAGUNA PAIVA — Municipal council / communal commission

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Argentina · LAGUNA PAIVA / Santa Fe — LA CAPITAL · municipal · Municipal council / communal commissionAR-SF-C-LACAPITAL-LAGUNAPAIVA

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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
LAGUNA PAIVA / Santa Fe — LA CAPITAL
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-8ec543af66fc1f26afba7804
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 FE39.9%
  • SOMOS PAIVA32.3%
  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE15.5%
  • IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION6.4%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD5.9%
Results for event-99e13c7855499fa286f0edda
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,49739.9%2Recorded
SOMOS PAIVA67argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,02032.3%1Recorded
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202596915.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION18argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20254036.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20253705.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE PARTIDARIO PAIVENSE37.8%
  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS37.4%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE20.8%
  • PRIMERO SANTA FE4.0%
Results for event-9a45e756a49967aa25ee3916
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE PARTIDARIO PAIVENSE10argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,90637.8%1Recorded
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,87937.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,59620.8%1Recorded
PRIMERO SANTA FE32argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20233094%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE PARTIDARIO PAIVENSE44.7%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS19.5%
  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL13.8%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO9.8%
  • UNION VECINAL DEMOCRATICA9.0%
  • IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION3.3%
Results for event-bf1cdc3de145f8e4f4b414e8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE PARTIDARIO PAIVENSE34argentina/S84142ab28f16/20213,30344.7%2Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S84142ab28f16/20211,43719.5%1Recorded
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S84142ab28f16/20211,01713.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S84142ab28f16/20217229.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION VECINAL DEMOCRATICA98argentina/S84142ab28f16/20216629%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION126argentina/S84142ab28f16/20212433.3%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

63.970–100 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=7.62102572295894, oldest_gap=25.27085590465872, previous_gap=0.3511053315994843

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?
BATUECAS MARIO JOSESource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
COTTERLI ELVIO OMARSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
CACERES SERGIO RICARDOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
D'ANDREA JAVIER NICOLASSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
SANTAMBROSIO MARISOL ELENASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
TOMATIS ARIEL EDGARDOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
FURLANO GERMAN JOSECONCEJAL2017UNION VECINAL DEMOCRATICAunknown
D'ANDREA JAVIER NICOLASCONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
SIVIERO GERMAN CLAUDIOCONCEJAL2017UNION VECINAL DEMOCRATICAunknown
CATINOT YANINA GRACIELACONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
BATUECAS MARIO JOSECONCEJAL2019UNION VECINAL DEMOCRATICAunknown
ANDRES MELINA LORENACONCEJAL2019JUNTOS PODEMOSunknown
CATINOT YANINA GRACIELAConcejal/a2023FRENTE PARTIDARIO PAIVENSEunknown
CATTANEO HORACIO CESARConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
ANDRES MELINA LORENAConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
D'ANDREA JAVIER NICOLASConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
TOMATIS ARIEL EDGARDOConcejal/a2025SOMOS PAIVAunknown
BAZAN FERNANDA EVAConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR 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. “LAGUNA PAIVA — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-LACAPITAL-LAGUNAPAIVA. Sources: argentina--url-37c2f32beac05e8dc61453fe, argentina--url-c59a56523176464d6aa95c66, argentina--url-2607ae590a879ba1b04a5674, argentina--url-5f87e101c11beb3c13ee782c, argentina--url-5a55b3b32d7b3d501f49fde7, argentina--url-747e778c1827680bc64a662b, argentina--url-d7161d241341725861e1307d, argentina--Sa9a75bad2b02, argentina--S6cbb0ff8bc14, argentina--Sd5731ccd0603, argentina--S6c0f4226a3e8, argentina--S84142ab28f16, argentina--S633711fbbc90, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef.