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RECREO — Municipal council / communal commission

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

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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
RECREO / Santa Fe — LA CAPITAL
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-e7f6e99188d6dc63039a4352
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

  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE33.4%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE28.7%
  • LA LIBERTAD AVANZA26.9%
  • SIN MIEDO7.1%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD3.8%
Results for event-e64c0c560df1872f6d8696c5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,90833.4%1Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,49828.7%1Recorded
LA LIBERTAD AVANZA69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,34226.9%1Recorded
SIN MIEDO13argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20256187.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20253343.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS38.3%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE34.0%
  • INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPU19.4%
  • VIVA LA LIBERTAD8.2%
Results for event-244a5a95a473a215063e60c7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20233,35038.3%1Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,97434%1Recorded
INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPU37argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,69219.4%1Recorded
VIVA LA LIBERTAD38argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20237208.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL34.0%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS26.8%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO19.1%
  • FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA9.3%
  • IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION7.4%
  • PRIMERO SANTA FE3.4%
Results for event-65e034ed1853d577f8dde4b2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S84142ab28f16/20213,03334%1Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S84142ab28f16/20212,39326.8%1Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S84142ab28f16/20211,71019.1%1Recorded
FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA25argentina/S84142ab28f16/20218309.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IGUALDAD Y PARTICIPACION126argentina/S84142ab28f16/20216627.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PRIMERO SANTA FE112argentina/S84142ab28f16/20213023.4%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

75.820–100 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=4.712643678160919, oldest_gap=7.166853303471445, previous_gap=4.3040293040293065

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?
DOVIS EDUARDOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
DONETTI MARIO RUBENSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
MEINARDI BEATRIZ REGINASource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
MEDUS DANIEL ESTEBANSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
GRISETTI HORACIO CEFERINOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
DOVIS EDUARDOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MEDUS DANIEL ESTEBANCONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
PASSARELLI FRANCOCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
ANTONIAZZI NORMA GUADALUPECONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
FORMENTO NOELIA MILAGROCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
PICARD FALCHINI OMAR CEFERINOCONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
REGIS JOSE ANTONIOCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
FORMENTO NOELIA MILAGROConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
PICARD FALCHINI OMAR CEFERINOConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
APPIANI SILVANA LORENAConcejal/a2023INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPUunknown
GRISETTI HORACIO CEFERINOConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown
ANTONIAZZI NORMA GUADALUPEConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
CHIARENA MIGUEL ANGELConcejal/a2025LA LIBERTAD AVANZAunknown

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. “RECREO — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-LACAPITAL-RECREO. 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.