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MARCELINO ESCALADA — Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition)

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Argentina · MARCELINO ESCALADA / Santa Fe — SAN JUSTO · municipal · Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition)AR-SF-C-SANJUSTO-MARCELINOESCALADA

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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. Earlier communal commission returns are predecessor-institution comparisons; the new mayor/commission joint ballot is not an identical office. 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
MARCELINO ESCALADA / Santa Fe — SAN JUSTO
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-d561cb5dfed9b985bf1ccf1a
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 FE58.7%
  • FRENTE DE LA ESPERANZA30.0%
  • LA LIBERTAD AVANZA8.4%
  • PROPUESTA FEDERAL2.9%
Results for event-b3b113e1128fbe0f53d268d1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202561858.7%4Recorded
FRENTE DE LA ESPERANZA3argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/202531630%1Recorded
LA LIBERTAD AVANZA69argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025888.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PROPUESTA FEDERAL19argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/2025312.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE54.3%
  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS38.6%
  • FRENTE SOLIDARIDAD Y TRABAJO PARA ESCALA7.2%
Results for event-9d8f0728a28a07cbda47fcfa
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202364454.3%4Recorded
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/202345838.6%1Recorded
FRENTE SOLIDARIDAD Y TRABAJO PARA ESCALA55argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/2023857.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL49.1%
  • FRENTE DE TODOS43.4%
  • FRENTE SOLIDARIDAD Y TRABAJO PARA ESCALADA7.1%
  • FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO0.3%
Results for event-d61fa3bdf5361fc7dd55868d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE PROGRESISTA CÍVICO Y SOCIAL18argentina/S56dc3a826d5f/202157049.1%UnknownRecorded
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S56dc3a826d5f/202150443.4%UnknownRecorded
FRENTE SOLIDARIDAD Y TRABAJO PARA ESCALADA32argentina/S56dc3a826d5f/2021837.1%UnknownRecorded
FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO104argentina/S56dc3a826d5f/202140.3%UnknownRecorded

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

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · 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. Earlier communal commission returns are predecessor-institution comparisons; the new mayor/commission joint ballot is not an identical office. Official votes and elected rosters are retained. Council counts describe elected cohorts. Current governing membership and later replacements require verification.

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=null, oldest_gap=null, previous_gap=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: 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?
FALETTO JOSE CLEMENTEMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
ALCARAZ DIEGO ENRIQUEMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
ORTIZ LILIANA ALEJANDRAMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
ARMANDO MARTHA OLGAMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
LAZZARINI MARIA DE LAS MERCEDESMIEMBRO COMUNAL2017CAMBIEMOSunknown
FALETTO JOSE CLEMENTEMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
SODERO CARLOS ANDRESMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
ORTIZ LILIANA ALEJANDRAMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
ARMANDO MARTHA OLGAMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019FRENTE PROGRESISTA CIVICO Y SOCIALunknown
TRAVEZANI BLAS PABLOMIEMBRO COMUNAL2019JUNTOSunknown
LAZZARINI GERARDO JESUSM. Comunal2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
AGUIAR SUSANA MARIAM. Comunal2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
DALLIA FRANCO NICOLASM. Comunal2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
ALCARAZ GABRIELA SOLEDADM. Comunal2023UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
LAZZARINI SEBASTIAN ALEJANDROM. Comunal2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
BORTOLI FEDERICO ANDRESM. Comunal2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
ORTIZ LILIANA ALEJANDRAM. Comunal2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
DALLIA FRANCO NICOLASM. Comunal2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
AGUIAR SUSANA MARIAM. Comunal2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
MENDOZA BELKIS ELBAM. Comunal2025FRENTE DE LA ESPERANZAunknown

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. Earlier communal commission returns are predecessor-institution comparisons; the new mayor/commission joint ballot is not an identical office. 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

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Center for Digital Democracy. “MARCELINO ESCALADA — Municipal mayor/commission joint ballot (2027 transition).” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-SANJUSTO-MARCELINOESCALADA. Sources: argentina--url-37c2f32beac05e8dc61453fe, argentina--url-c59a56523176464d6aa95c66, argentina--url-f91428f84018c60b71af3c1f, argentina--url-5f87e101c11beb3c13ee782c, argentina--url-5a55b3b32d7b3d501f49fde7, argentina--url-f1710c1309eccb26e7431aa2, argentina--url-d7161d241341725861e1307d, argentina--Sa9a75bad2b02, argentina--S6cbb0ff8bc14, argentina--Sd5731ccd0603, argentina--S6c0f4226a3e8, argentina--S56dc3a826d5f, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef, argentina--S7df1bfc6669f.