Office briefing
SANTA CRUZ / GALÁPAGOS — Municipal council
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Ecuador · SANTA CRUZ / GALÁPAGOS / GALÁPAGOS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-20-805
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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
- SANTA CRUZ / GALÁPAGOS / GALÁPAGOS
- Next election
- 2026-11-29
- Linked upcoming event
- next-e5d7311b7d7b6c9ce501a4d2
- 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 SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO25.1%
- POR MI SANTA CRUZ20.0%
- MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK17.8%
- MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO16.8%
- UNIDAD 202315.4%
- MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA3.5%
- MOVIMIENTO CONSTRUYE1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO | 34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 2,258 | 25.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| POR MI SANTA CRUZ | 1155ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,796 | 20% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK | 7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,599 | 17.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO | 124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,509 | 16.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD 2023 | 1142ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,387 | 15.4% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA | 207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 314 | 3.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CONSTRUYE | 18ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 123 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-03-24
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks
- MOVIMIENTO X MI SANTA CRUZ17.5%
- PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO15.6%
- ALIANZA UNIDOS POR TI12.8%
- UNION ECUATORIANA9.5%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES9.2%
- CENTRO DEMOCRATICO8.2%
- MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7.9%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA7.4%
- MOVIMIENTO DE IDENTIDAD PROVINCIAL, MIP6.9%
- MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ3.9%
- MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO1.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO X MI SANTA CRUZ | 133ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 4,383 | 17.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO | 3ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 3,919 | 15.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA UNIDOS POR TI | 661ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 3,225 | 12.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNION ECUATORIANA | 51ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 2,392 | 9.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES | 22ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 2,313 | 9.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CENTRO DEMOCRATICO | 145ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 2,069 | 8.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK | 12ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,973 | 7.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA | 13ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,860 | 7.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE IDENTIDAD PROVINCIAL, MIP | 7ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,742 | 6.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ | 198ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 980 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO | 219ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 257 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2014-02-23
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks
- MOVIMIENTO DE IDENTIDAD PROVINCIAL43.5%
- POR SANTA CRUZ20.5%
- UNIDAD INSULAR19.2%
- MOVIMIENTO ARCHIPIELAGO ḂSI!10.1%
- MOVIMIENTO REENCUENTRO YA6.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO DE IDENTIDAD PROVINCIAL | 20003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 11,025 | 43.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| POR SANTA CRUZ | 20007ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 5,186 | 20.5% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIDAD INSULAR | 20006ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 4,858 | 19.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ARCHIPIELAGO ḂSI! | 20002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 2,555 | 10.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO REENCUENTRO YA | 20001ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 1,706 | 6.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
WithheldUnknown0–100 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 volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 volatilityUnknownpercentage 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 volatilityUnknownpercentage 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.
| As of | Electors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 13,398 | Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.{
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"cne_parish": null,
"cne_province": 20,
"election_date": "2026-11-29",
"electors_august": 13398,
"jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-20-805",
"name": "SANTA CRUZ / GALÁPAGOS",
"office": "Municipal council",
"precinct_rows": [
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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
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-electorales-2023/?wpdmdl=39834 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019/?wpdmdl=20971 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-a-nivel-parroquial-2014/?wpdmdl=21133 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/distributivos-de-electores-2027/ · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2023.zip · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2023.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2019.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2014.sav · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2014.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE 2027 precinct and electorate distribution, cutoff 11 August 2026 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE resolution PLE-CNE-1-31-7-2026: ordinary election call for 29 November 2026 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “SANTA CRUZ / GALÁPAGOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-20-805. 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.