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SANTA FE — Municipal council / communal commission

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

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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
SANTA FE / Santa Fe — LA CAPITAL
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-3b6d16b75554c25a563c06a2
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 FE32.7%
  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE25.0%
  • LA LIBERTAD AVANZA23.4%
  • SANTA FE EN COMUN9.2%
  • PROPUESTA FEDERAL5.6%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD4.2%
Results for event-030715cd186b5dcd4d89e694
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202545,88832.7%3Recorded
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202534,97525%2Recorded
LA LIBERTAD AVANZA69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202532,74523.4%2Recorded
SANTA FE EN COMUN9argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202512,8859.2%1Recorded
PROPUESTA FEDERAL19argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20257,7915.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20255,8724.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE52.5%
  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS18.9%
  • VIVA LA LIBERTAD11.2%
  • BARRIO 888.6%
  • PROYECTO FUTURO6.3%
  • UNITE POR LA LIBERTAD Y LA DIGNIDAD2.6%
Results for event-17d79d5e809348ecfefd5865
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023100,24952.5%6Recorded
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202336,07018.9%2Recorded
VIVA LA LIBERTAD38argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202321,40111.2%1Recorded
BARRIO 8824argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202316,3528.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROYECTO FUTURO104argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202311,9656.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNITE POR LA LIBERTAD Y LA DIGNIDAD65argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20234,9922.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO31.4%
  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL21.5%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS17.2%
  • MEJOR10.2%
  • UNION FEDERAL9.4%
  • BARRIO 885.4%
  • FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA4.9%
Results for event-0daf074f6bdb5109ad5a76cc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S84142ab28f16/202160,71631.4%3Recorded
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S84142ab28f16/202141,55421.5%2Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S84142ab28f16/202133,31017.2%1Recorded
MEJOR111argentina/S84142ab28f16/202119,63910.2%1Recorded
UNION FEDERAL80argentina/S84142ab28f16/202118,1189.4%1Recorded
BARRIO 88101argentina/S84142ab28f16/202110,3705.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA25argentina/S84142ab28f16/20219,4774.9%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

21.290–100 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=7.786323810611037, oldest_gap=9.919040914361439, previous_gap=33.59646964596999

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?
SIMONIELLO LEONARDO JAVIERSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
AEBERHARD MARCELA LEONORSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
MARTINEZ IGNACIOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
INGARAMO ROSSANA ELENASource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
OBEID ALEJANDRA DEL HUERTOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
MAGUID LUCAS NICOLAS ALBERTOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
PONCE DE LEON FRANCO IVANSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
CESONI JUAN CARLOSSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
BASILE SERGIO JOSESource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
MOLINA GILDA ADRIANA DEL CARMENSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MONDINO MARIA LAURASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MUDALLEL JORGELINASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MARCUCCI HUGO MARIASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
GONZALEZ LEANDRO CARLOSSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
PEREIRA CARLOS ALBERTOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
PERMAN SAULSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
PIEDRABUENA JUAN JOSESource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
JATON RAUL EMILIOCONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
PEREIRA CARLOS ALBERTOCONCEJAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
CASTELLO MARCOS ANTONIOCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
GONZALEZ LEANDRO CARLOSCONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
SUAREZ CARLOS MATIASCONCEJAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
MONDINO MARIA LAURACONCEJAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
PIGNATA SEBASTIAN ATILIO ALBERTOCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
CERESOLA LUCIANA INESCONCEJAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
GARIBALDI JULIO FRANCISCOCONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
LARRIERA INESCONCEJAL2019CAMBIEMOSunknown
SALEME JUAN JOSECONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
LOPEZ DELZAR VALERIACONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
JEREZ GUILLERMOCONCEJAL2019BARRIO 88unknown
MASTROPAOLO SEBASTIANCONCEJAL2019CAMBIEMOSunknown
FULINI FEDERICO FERNANDOCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
SIMONIELLO LUCASCONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
BENEDETTI MARIA DE LAS MERCEDESCONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
CIAN SILVINA RITAConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
MARTINEZ JULIAN DARIOConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
QUIROZ VIOLETA GUADALUPEConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
SIMONIELLO LUCASConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
BARLETTA MARIA BEATRIZConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
LAURENTI HECTOR IGNACIOConcejal/a2023VIVA LA LIBERTADunknown
BATTISTUTTI MARIA CECILIAConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
FERNANDEZ JORGE ANDRESConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
MENDEZ HUMBERTO LEONELConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
LUENGO MARIA DEL CARMENConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
MEDEI PEDRO AGUSTINConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown
CANTIANI ANA ANDREAConcejal/a2025LA LIBERTAD AVANZAunknown
BASILE SERGIO JOSEConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
MUDALLEL JORGELINAConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown
MUSSIO PABLO ESTEBANConcejal/a2025LA LIBERTAD AVANZAunknown
CAPOVILLA CAROLINAConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
RESTAGNO GASTONConcejal/a2025SANTA FE EN COMUNunknown

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