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BUENA FE / LOS RÍOS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · BUENA FE / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-12-945

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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
BUENA FE / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-d35ce01ca4709494c3ca763f
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

  • RC5-RETO 3337.5%
  • UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-2531.3%
  • CRECER POR UN BUENA FE MAS HUMANO22.4%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR5.4%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA2.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES1.3%
Results for event-85ef72d0058cafffbd7f0630
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
RC5-RETO 331324ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202314,48137.5%3Recorded
UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-251501ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202312,08731.3%2Recorded
CRECER POR UN BUENA FE MAS HUMANO1220ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,65322.4%2Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,0805.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20237772%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES208ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235091.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • CREO - FE40.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO33.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL11.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA7.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ3.4%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR1.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO1.2%
  • PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA0.3%
Results for event-cdea433de113fe0415c400bc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CREO - FE659ecuador/Sed7b513864/201959,05340.8%4Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/201948,70833.7%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/201917,23311.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,7647.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,8813.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,8081.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO219ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,7611.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA25ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193660.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO AVANZA47.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS40.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA2.8%
  • UNIDAD CON BUENA-FE2.5%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO1.7%
Results for event-098c07bd65759c74773bc831
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201469,71947.2%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201459,22540.1%4Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,3765.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,1942.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD CON BUENA-FE12016ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,6412.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,5781.7%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
2026-08-1162,530
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 945,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 12,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 62530,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-12-945",
  "name": "BUENA FE / LOS RÍOS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2310,
    2311,
    2312,
    2313,
    2314,
    2315,
    2316,
    2317,
    2318,
    2319,
    2320
  ],
  "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. “BUENA FE / LOS RÍOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-12-945. 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.