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PUJILÍ / COTOPAXI — Municipal council

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Ecuador · PUJILÍ / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-5-105

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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
PUJILÍ / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-d43b87959b8f0aecf081b995
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

  • UNION CANTONAL POR EL CAMBIO43.9%
  • UNIDOS POR EL CAMBIO21.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA19.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES12.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID2.3%
Results for event-5f289cd42df2459d2ec892cd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNION CANTONAL POR EL CAMBIO1212ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202318,12743.9%3Recorded
UNIDOS POR EL CAMBIO1047ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,04021.9%2Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20237,93219.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES208ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,24312.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID222ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239672.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA PUJILI UNIDOS22.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA20.6%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA 4/3517.4%
  • ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 611.2%
  • ALIANZA CREO UNION ECUATORIANA11.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL5.6%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO3.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO INCLUYENTE, FRENTE POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL3.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP2.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ1.8%
Results for event-63c9a688752ca29148d05060
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA PUJILI UNIDOS555ecuador/Sed7b513864/201921,38022.3%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/201919,73520.6%2Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA 4/35726ecuador/Sed7b513864/201916,71817.4%2Recorded
ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 6506ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,77911.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CREO UNION ECUATORIANA670ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,69711.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,4105.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,5943.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INCLUYENTE, FRENTE POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL172ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,4963.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,4362.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,7381.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS28.4%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA23.8%
  • UNIDAD DE LA IZQUIERDA - COTOPAXI MPD LISTA 15 - PACHAKUTIK LISTA 1819.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA15.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO12.1%
Results for event-a2f1a52e4bd4f5acab3856da
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201426,70128.4%3Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201422,37423.8%2Recorded
UNIDAD DE LA IZQUIERDA - COTOPAXI MPD LISTA 15 - PACHAKUTIK LISTA 185005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201418,55019.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201414,94815.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,38112.1%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
2026-08-1166,363
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 105,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 5,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 66363,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-5-105",
  "name": "PUJILÍ / COTOPAXI",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    579,
    580,
    589,
    610,
    611,
    612,
    613,
    614,
    615,
    616,
    617,
    618,
    619,
    620,
    621,
    622,
    623,
    624,
    625,
    626,
    627,
    628,
    629,
    630,
    643,
    707,
    715,
    716,
    717,
    720,
    721
  ],
  "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. “PUJILÍ / COTOPAXI — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-5-105. 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.