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CUYABENO / SUCUMBÍOS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · CUYABENO / SUCUMBÍOS / SUCUMBÍOS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-21-626

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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
CUYABENO / SUCUMBÍOS / SUCUMBÍOS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-a8959e8c9ed42c4d91c2c1df
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

  • PROSPERIDAD Y DESARROLLO CUYABENENSE37.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA29.9%
  • UNIDOS SOMOS MAS22.1%
  • UNIDAD NUEVAS OPCIONES6.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.2%
Results for event-f160cd556e2d354e630dfb24
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PROSPERIDAD Y DESARROLLO CUYABENENSE1119ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,98537.8%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,57029.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS SOMOS MAS1362ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,16122.1%1Recorded
UNIDAD NUEVAS OPCIONES1031ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233206.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232194.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ24.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA23.3%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA17.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO17.2%
  • ALIANZA POR LA UNIDAD LEALTAD Y VICTORIA8.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.5%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE2.1%
Results for event-2edf9ef262df14241d0368c5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,10024.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,93423.3%1Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,21417.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,16417.2%2Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA UNIDAD LEALTAD Y VICTORIA546ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0798.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198236.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192692.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO AVANZA39.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"20.1%
  • ALIANZA PAIS - MUSHUK INTI. LISTAS 35-6117.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA14.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE DE REINTEGRACIÓN, ACCIÓN Y DEMOCRACIA7.7%
Results for event-d74563736d430e507f1e168a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,60739.6%3Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,33820.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA PAIS - MUSHUK INTI. LISTAS 35-6121004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,04817.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,73614.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE DE REINTEGRACIÓN, ACCIÓN Y DEMOCRACIA21002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148917.7%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
2026-08-117,494
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 626,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 21,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 7494,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-21-626",
  "name": "CUYABENO / SUCUMBÍOS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    3982,
    3993,
    4021,
    4022,
    4023,
    4024,
    4089,
    4090,
    4092,
    4093,
    4094,
    4095
  ],
  "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. “CUYABENO / SUCUMBÍOS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-21-626. 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.