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MONTALVO / LOS RÍOS — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · MONTALVO / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-12-710

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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
MONTALVO / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-1cb594ad39809c558ad170d3
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

  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO23.4%
  • EL CAMBIO DE MONTALVO20.5%
  • UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-2515.4%
  • RC5-RETO 3311.9%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA9.6%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR8.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO CRECER5.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5.0%
Results for event-1443349bb775cb252e664df9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,54423.4%1Recorded
EL CAMBIO DE MONTALVO1176ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,09620.5%1Recorded
UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-251501ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,32815.4%2Recorded
RC5-RETO 331324ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,80211.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,4559.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,2648.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CRECER257ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238815.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20237625%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO18.1%
  • PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA15.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO13.3%
  • CREO - FE12.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA9.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP8.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO6.0%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA5.4%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL3.1%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA2.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO1.6%
Results for event-b721e13c92d96bec28abc9e3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,44018.1%1Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA25ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,33215.4%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,46513.3%1Recorded
CREO - FE659ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,10712.4%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,9429.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,3308.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,4866%1Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,2435.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,7414.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2763.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1692.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO219ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196791.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MONTALVO CON LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA31.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"27.1%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA20.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO13.5%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO6.5%
Results for event-2448493af22e9c2dfa485b1b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MONTALVO CON LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA12019ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,89531.9%3Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201410,11427.1%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20147,79420.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,03413.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,4416.5%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
2026-08-1123,643
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
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  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 710,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 12,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 23643,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-12-710",
  "name": "MONTALVO / LOS RÍOS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2329,
    2330,
    2331,
    2332,
    2333,
    2334,
    2335,
    2336
  ],
  "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. “MONTALVO / LOS RÍOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-12-710. 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.