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Office briefing

PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN — Municipal council / communal commission

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Argentina · PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN / Santa Fe — SAN LORENZO · municipal · Municipal council / communal commissionAR-SF-C-SANLORENZO-PUERTOGENERALSANMARTIN

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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
PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN / Santa Fe — SAN LORENZO
Next election
2027; formal call pending
Linked upcoming event
next-b1e94a5d4cb71f92676e7eb7
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 FE48.2%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE39.6%
  • POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCI7.7%
  • SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD4.4%
Results for event-e2126a18904089ccdb25e1d7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MÁS PARA SANTA FE8argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20255,38648.2%2Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE78argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20254,41739.6%1Recorded
POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCI68argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20258657.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS VIDA Y LIBERTAD21argentina/Sa9a75bad2b02/20254964.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2023-09-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • JUNTOS AVANCEMOS48.5%
  • POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCI17.9%
  • UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE17.8%
  • INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPU11.5%
  • VIVA LA LIBERTAD4.4%
Results for event-f8f8d3920633e59f5601f3e3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS AVANCEMOS83argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20235,61748.5%2Recorded
POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCI16argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,07317.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FE102argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20232,06217.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPU37argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20231,32911.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA LA LIBERTAD38argentina/Sd5731ccd0603/20235064.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2021-11-14

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • FRENTE DE TODOS42.2%
  • INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPULAR22.6%
  • POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCIAL20.7%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO7.6%
  • MAC-PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN4.0%
  • FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO2.9%
Results for event-e7fc8cb9f5ab309b2e7b5f90
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FRENTE DE TODOS31argentina/S3eed52827b63/20214,73842.2%2Recorded
INSTRUMENTO ELECTORAL POR LA UNIDAD POPULAR59argentina/S3eed52827b63/20212,54122.6%1Recorded
POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCIAL142argentina/S3eed52827b63/20212,32920.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO105argentina/S3eed52827b63/20218527.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MAC-PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN51argentina/S3eed52827b63/20214484%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE PARA EL CAMBIO104argentina/S3eed52827b63/20213272.9%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

18.30–100 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=8.679684700824076, oldest_gap=19.554962171784602, previous_gap=30.586001553465092

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?
GARCIA WALTER NORBERTOSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
DE GRANDIS JUAN MANUELSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
RU JORGE FELIXSource roster entry2015Unknownunknown
GRASSANO SONIA ROXANASource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MANDON LUCIANO BALTAZARSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
DE GRANDIS MAXIMILIANO OMARSource roster entry2021Unknownunknown
MARINUCCI CARLOS ALBERTOCONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
MANDON LUCIANO BALTAZARCONCEJAL2017PARTIDO UNION CELESTE Y BLANCOunknown
GRASSANO SONIA ROXANACONCEJAL2017FRENTE JUSTICIALISTAunknown
DE GRANDIS JUAN MANUELCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
RU JORGE FELIXCONCEJAL2019PARTIDO UNION CELESTE Y BLANCOunknown
GARCIA WALTER NORBERTOCONCEJAL2019JUNTOSunknown
DE GRANDIS JUAN MANUELConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
PASSONI JOANA MAGALIConcejal/a2023JUNTOS AVANCEMOSunknown
RU JORGE FELIXConcejal/a2023POLITICA ABIERTA PARA LA INTEGRIDAD SOCIunknown
TORRENS FERNANDO MARTINConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown
PELLEGRINI PABLO HERNANConcejal/a2025UNIDOS PARA CAMBIAR SANTA FEunknown
TABORDA ROMINA NATALÍConcejal/a2025MÁS PARA SANTA FEunknown

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. “PUERTO GENERAL SAN MARTIN — Municipal council / communal commission.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/AR-SF-C-SANLORENZO-PUERTOGENERALSANMARTIN. Sources: argentina--url-37c2f32beac05e8dc61453fe, argentina--url-c59a56523176464d6aa95c66, argentina--url-49dc2c61bcd7284ecdb3863a, argentina--url-5f87e101c11beb3c13ee782c, argentina--url-5a55b3b32d7b3d501f49fde7, argentina--url-7152a6dd79acf73c11354265, argentina--url-d7161d241341725861e1307d, argentina--Sa9a75bad2b02, argentina--S6cbb0ff8bc14, argentina--Sd5731ccd0603, argentina--S6c0f4226a3e8, argentina--S3eed52827b63, argentina--Sdd5275a8493f, argentina--Sa3b7b35e32ee, argentina--S492e928e5e7e, argentina--S425b76ef9089, argentina--Sf3a1f8fa36ef.