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SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR — Municipal council

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Ecuador · SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-2-175

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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
SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-6716843fe0c7535a7b5f137b
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

  • ALIANZA JUNTOS POR BOLIVAR35.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK22.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN NUEVA GENTE EN ACCIÓN, MINGA13.7%
  • RENOVACION AGRARIOS SAN MIGUEL9.9%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL POR SAN MIGUEL8.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO5.8%
  • ALIANZA ENCONTREMONOS POR BOLIVAR4.1%
Results for event-0f62b933ef9a6561a72e6638
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA JUNTOS POR BOLIVAR1125ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,87835.9%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,63722.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN NUEVA GENTE EN ACCIÓN, MINGA227ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,24813.7%1Recorded
RENOVACION AGRARIOS SAN MIGUEL1391ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,6149.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL POR SAN MIGUEL1183ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,3558.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239475.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA ENCONTREMONOS POR BOLIVAR1084ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236744.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR28.6%
  • ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE23.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL, MAIS20.6%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO17.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACION NUEVA GENTE EN ACCION MINGA7.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA2.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.4%
Results for event-9d708c85a1226b685cc0c947
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR548ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199,47628.6%2Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE501ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,64223.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL, MAIS38ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,81720.6%1Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,86617.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACION NUEVA GENTE EN ACCION MINGA173ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,4347.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197292.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191360.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA32.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL26.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO14.5%
  • ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE9.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS6.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN OBRAS SON AMORES6.1%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO4.3%
Results for event-1686ecc2ccfc75e62e022d68
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201410,24832.4%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL2003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,49326.9%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,57614.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE2004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,8739.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,1516.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN OBRAS SON AMORES2002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,9226.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,3444.3%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
2026-08-1127,162
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": 175,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 2,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 27162,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-2-175",
  "name": "SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    286,
    287,
    294,
    315,
    334,
    335,
    336,
    337,
    338,
    339,
    340,
    349,
    353,
    360,
    369
  ],
  "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. “SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-2-175. 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.