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URDANETA / LOS RÍOS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · URDANETA / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-12-535

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Council and parish votes before 2023 are candidate marks; 2023 is a closed-list ballot. Do not compare these vote shares as a continuous series. The 29 November 2026 ordinary cohort is reconciled to the CNE register. August precinct-distribution electors are a dated administrative count, not historical turnout or votes. Territorial boundary comparability, intervening outcomes and current control remain separate checks.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
URDANETA / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-47580eb54517afca3a4bae9f
Registry qualification
Qualified in source register

2. How certain is that date?

2026-11-29 is formally called. Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2023-02-05

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-2539.6%
  • POR TI URDANETA MI TIERRA AMADA32.8%
  • RC5-RETO 3315.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES8.4%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA2.9%
  • ALIANZA MINGA POPULAR0.5%
Results for event-4191a4a5211dad6a88af0457
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-251501ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,98939.6%2Recorded
POR TI URDANETA MI TIERRA AMADA1221ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,77932.8%2Recorded
RC5-RETO 331324ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,80215.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES208ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,4738.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235082.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA MINGA POPULAR1363ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023840.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA22.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO20.2%
  • FUERZA.EC14.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES12.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO10.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL6.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ6.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA BOLIVARIANA ALFARISTA L.R. (ABA L.R)4.3%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA2.1%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR0.4%
Results for event-618f12e90dc1bddf70d0e9bb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,87322.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO219ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,10620.2%1Recorded
FUERZA.EC146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,25914.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,31512.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,72210.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,3806.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,1896.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA BOLIVARIANA ALFARISTA L.R. (ABA L.R)151ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5304.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197232.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191260.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS31.8%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO26.9%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO10.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO10.2%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA7.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA6.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO4.2%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL1.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.7%
Results for event-1b20187db1d3da54e67d47bf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201410,46931.8%3Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,86326.9%2Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,58610.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,34910.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,3437.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,1396.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,3954.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145291.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142310.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Withheld

Unknown0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Comparison unavailable · Council and parish votes before 2023 are candidate marks; 2023 is a closed-list ballot. Do not compare these vote shares as a continuous series. The 29 November 2026 ordinary cohort is reconciled to the CNE register. August precinct-distribution electors are a dated administrative count, not historical turnout or votes. Territorial boundary comparability, intervening outcomes and current control remain separate checks.

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). Six named standalone categories in CNE returns, including explicit short/expanded CREO, SUMA and Alianza PAIS labels. Mixed alliances, successor movements and other parties stay Other. This does not attribute Revolución Ciudadana votes to Alianza PAIS. Multi-mark and otherwise ineligible histories remain excluded. 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=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Six named standalone categories in CNE returns, including explicit short/expanded CREO, SUMA and Alianza PAIS labels. Mixed alliances, successor movements and other parties stay Other. This does not attribute Revolución Ciudadana votes to Alianza PAIS. Multi-mark and otherwise ineligible histories remain excluded. 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=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[null,null,null]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Six named standalone categories in CNE returns, including explicit short/expanded CREO, SUMA and Alianza PAIS labels. Mixed alliances, successor movements and other parties stay Other. This does not attribute Revolución Ciudadana votes to Alianza PAIS. Multi-mark and otherwise ineligible histories remain excluded. 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=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","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.

No officeholder observation supplied.

Electoral register observations

Dated elector counts stay distinct from turnout and are not summed across overlapping contests.

Register observations
As ofElectorsNotes
2026-08-1127,807
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 535,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 12,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 27807,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-12-535",
  "name": "URDANETA / LOS RÍOS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2382,
    2383,
    2384,
    2385,
    2386,
    2387,
    2388,
    2389,
    2390
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 7,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION"
}

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

Council and parish votes before 2023 are candidate marks; 2023 is a closed-list ballot. Do not compare these vote shares as a continuous series. The 29 November 2026 ordinary cohort is reconciled to the CNE register. August precinct-distribution electors are a dated administrative count, not historical turnout or votes. Territorial boundary comparability, intervening outcomes and current control remain separate checks. The ordinary register is reconciled: 23 prefectures, 222 mayoralties, 222 municipal councils and 825 parish boards match the signed July 2026 call/list and August CNE codes. Borbón’s mayor/council and Miss Ecuador’s parish board are separate March 2027 first contests. Historical boundary comparability and some new-parish final returns remain open. Calacalí has final completion evidence but only preliminary rounded shares and secondary seat affiliations. Six first-election party vectors and elected rosters are recovered for the four 2024 parishes and Sevilla Don Bosco in 2025. Four small ballot-total discrepancies remain explicit. Shuar Pastaza remains preliminary. Fifteen July/August parish electorate differences are retained as dated observations.

    Sources

    Cite this record

    Center for Digital Democracy. “URDANETA / LOS RÍOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-12-535. Sources: ecuador--url-e0444af67a46db0c3c537d63, ecuador--url-afbb9a85cc78f50c79da76d6, ecuador--url-5b82aaaec7b8c8ce1fd49557, ecuador--url-e67940bdf0f1387ed11ac338, ecuador--Sa5c026518f, ecuador--Sadcc145662, ecuador--Sed7b513864, ecuador--Sf4e4f8e986, ecuador--S09da2a23f3, ecuador--S5c50f97474, ecuador--SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION, ecuador--SA40-EC-CALL.