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GUARANDA / BOLÍVAR — Municipal council

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Ecuador · GUARANDA / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-2-165

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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
GUARANDA / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-8b1acfeb0be1e5291dae1527
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

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK29.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA SOCIAL MAS24.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA11.8%
  • ALIANZA ENCONTREMONOS POR BOLIVAR9.3%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA8.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO7.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA7.2%
  • CONSTRUYENDO ESPERANZA EN BOLÍVAR2.7%
Results for event-157db8b95fdf419c7c078286
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202314,62629.6%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA SOCIAL MAS173ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202311,95224.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,85211.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA ENCONTREMONOS POR BOLIVAR1084ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,6149.3%1Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,9718%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,5527.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,5487.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CONSTRUYENDO ESPERANZA EN BOLÍVAR1141ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,3572.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK24.2%
  • TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR17.9%
  • ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE15.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ12.2%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO6.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA5.9%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA4.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN OBRAS SON AMORES3.8%
  • UNIDOS POR GUARANDA PSP 3 EC UNIDO 43.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACION NUEVA GENTE EN ACCION MINGA2.0%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA1.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION1.5%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR0.8%
Results for event-10ac9a45b1d2b2c2bc4ece33
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/201933,10524.2%2Recorded
TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR548ecuador/Sed7b513864/201924,39617.9%2Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE501ecuador/Sed7b513864/201921,73215.9%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/201916,71312.2%1Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,7966.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,0595.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,6034.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN OBRAS SON AMORES11ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,2103.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS POR GUARANDA PSP 3 EC UNIDO 4547ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,7093.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACION NUEVA GENTE EN ACCION MINGA173ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,7822%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,3201.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION18ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,0781.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1190.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK24.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA22.8%
  • ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE20.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO13.7%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO5.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS4.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN OBRAS SON AMORES4.1%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL2.2%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO2.0%
Results for event-d2ffb4d639ccb10299eab894
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201431,75124.9%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201429,01122.8%2Recorded
ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE2004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201426,26120.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201417,40713.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,8645.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,4654.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN OBRAS SON AMORES2002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,2134.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,8002.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,5992%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
2026-08-1183,633
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": 165,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 2,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 83633,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-2-165",
  "name": "GUARANDA / BOLÍVAR",
  "office": "Municipal council",
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  "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. “GUARANDA / BOLÍVAR — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-2-165. 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.