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ESPERANZA — Municipal council / communal commission

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Argentina · ESPERANZA / Santa Fe — LAS COLONIAS · municipal · Municipal council / communal commissionAR-SF-C-LASCOLONIAS-ESPERANZA

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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
ESPERANZA / Santa Fe — LAS COLONIAS
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-cd83519371ba50a3a243079c
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 FE30.5%
  • LA LIBERTAD AVANZA22.3%
  • MÁS PARA SANTA FE21.4%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD16.0%
  • SIN MIEDO9.8%
Results for event-29e647f4a426e9b362395472
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20255,49930.5%1Recorded
LA LIBERTAD AVANZA69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20254,00822.3%1Recorded
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20253,85721.4%1Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20252,88116%1Recorded
SIN MIEDO13argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20251,7659.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE38.9%
  • PRIMERO SANTA FE30.3%
  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS17.5%
  • VIVA LA LIBERTAD13.3%
Results for event-b14b8b5e05d18d66e4ca951f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20238,97238.9%2Recorded
PRIMERO SANTA FE32argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20236,97030.3%1Recorded
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20234,02817.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA LA LIBERTAD38argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20233,06513.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO50.6%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS21.7%
  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL16.4%
  • NUEVO6.7%
  • FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA4.7%
Results for event-2ca26e40aad001f0169be4c4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/Sb8d17cc3e2b2/202111,91350.6%3Recorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/Sb8d17cc3e2b2/20215,11721.7%1Recorded
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/Sb8d17cc3e2b2/20213,85416.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVO139argentina/Sb8d17cc3e2b2/20211,5706.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE FEDERAL VIDA Y FAMILIA25argentina/Sb8d17cc3e2b2/20211,1064.7%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

47.70–100 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=8.278734036646306, oldest_gap=28.84550084889643, previous_gap=8.691122205339703

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?
DELLAPORTA MARCELO HELADIOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
THELER MARIA ROSASource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
COMESATTI PABLO DANIELSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
CAMMISI CRISTIAN RICARDOSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MARTINEZ NORMA ANDREASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
ELENA VICTOR MANUELSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
BONVIN GUILLERMO JAVIERSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MARTINEZ NORMA ANDREACONCEJAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
ELENA VICTOR MANUELCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
BONVIN GUILLERMO JAVIERCONCEJAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
KINEN EDUARDO NICOLASCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
FRANCONI MARTIN OSCARCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
PUIG CARLOS MARIANOCONCEJAL2019CAMBIEMOSunknown
MULLER RODRIGO ABELARDOCONCEJAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
PUIG CARLOS MARIANOConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
RANALLETTA SEBASTIAN EDUARDOConcejal/a2023PRIMERO SANTA FEunknown
GALLEANO MARIA DEL ROSARIOConcejal/a2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
CAMMISI CRISTIAN RICARDOConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
SPIES SEBASTIAN ALBERTO VICTORIOConcejal/a2025LA LIBERTAD AVANZAunknown
ENGLER IGNACIOConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown
MARTINEZ NORMA ANDREAConcejal/a2025SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTADunknown

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. “ESPERANZA — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-LASCOLONIAS-ESPERANZA. Sources: argentina--url-37c2f32beac05e8dc61453fe, argentina--url-c59a56523176464d6aa95c66, argentina--url-ae1cc55bbf8032bb243fb0b6, argentina--url-5f87e101c11beb3c13ee782c, argentina--url-5a55b3b32d7b3d501f49fde7, argentina--url-d60871030d2ff4df260c60a5, argentina--url-d7161d241341725861e1307d, argentina--Sa9a75bad2b02, argentina--S6cbb0ff8bc14, argentina--Sd5731ccd0603, argentina--S6c0f4226a3e8, argentina--Sb8d17cc3e2b2, argentina--Sbdba16edeb96, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef.