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SAUCE VIEJO — Municipal council / communal commission

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

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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
SAUCE VIEJO / Santa Fe — LA CAPITAL
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-42860cf06495535845a71a57
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 FE25.0%
  • FRENTE DE LA ESPERANZA18.6%
  • COMPROMISO18.2%
  • LA LIBERTAD AVANZA14.9%
  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE9.8%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD5.0%
  • POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCI4.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO POR LA SOBERANIA3.6%
Results for event-b480d73ef459e174cba86e7b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,94625%1Recorded
FRENTE DE LA ESPERANZA3argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,44718.6%1Recorded
COMPROMISO15argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,41218.2%1Recorded
LA LIBERTAD AVANZA69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,16114.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20257609.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20253885%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCI68argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20253784.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO POR LA SOBERANIA70argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252783.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS47.4%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE26.7%
  • UN NUEVO SAUCE20.9%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO POR LA SOBERANIA4.9%
Results for event-fe3c1776d51e986e0b9f3219
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20233,81747.4%2Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,15326.7%1Recorded
UN NUEVO SAUCE108argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,68320.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO POR LA SOBERANIA105argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20233974.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE DE TODOS30.8%
  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL30.2%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO19.9%
  • PRIMERO SANTA FE10.6%
  • FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA4.8%
  • UNITE POR LA LIBERTAD Y LA DIGNIDAD3.7%
Results for event-322766fc7038e9a1435d167a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S84142ab28f16/20212,69730.8%2Recorded
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S84142ab28f16/20212,64330.2%2Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S84142ab28f16/20211,73819.9%1Recorded
PRIMERO SANTA FE112argentina/S84142ab28f16/202192310.6%1Recorded
FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA25argentina/S84142ab28f16/20214184.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNITE POR LA LIBERTAD Y LA DIGNIDAD72argentina/S84142ab28f16/20213243.7%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

49.420–100 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=6.422136422136425, oldest_gap=0.6176369667162334, previous_gap=20.67080745341615

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?
LOPEZ TORRES GUSTAVO GUILLERMOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
TEJEDA OMAR CLAUDIOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
ECHEVERRI VALERIA GUADALUPESource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
RODRIGUEZ ROMINA ANDREASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
RETAMAR STELLA MARISSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
VAZQUEZ RAUL MARCELOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
ULIAMBRE PEDRO DAMIANMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
ARANDA JOSE LUISMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
RODRIGUEZ ROMINA ANDREAMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
RIOS JEREMIAS NESTOR FABIANMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
VALLONES ANDRES OSCARMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
ULIAMBRE PEDRO DAMIANMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019JUNTOSunknown
ARANDA JOSE LUISMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019JUNTOSunknown
RODRIGUEZ ROMINA ANDREAMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019JUNTOSunknown
ROMAGNOLI FABIAN ANDRESMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019JUNTOSunknown
PAPALEO MARIO CLAUDIOMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019UNIDOSunknown
ULIAMBRE PEDRO DAMIANConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
ECHEVERRI VALERIA GUADALUPEConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
BENITEZ NATALIA CAROLINAConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
PIEDRABUENA CARLOS EDUARDOConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
DE CASTRO SUSANA GUADALUPEConcejal/a2025FRENTE DE LA ESPERANZAunknown
HANSEN DANIEL EDUARDOConcejal/a2025COMPROMISOunknown

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. “SAUCE VIEJO — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-LACAPITAL-SAUCEVIEJO. 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--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef, argentina--S633711fbbc90.