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SALCEDO / COTOPAXI — Municipal council

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Ecuador · SALCEDO / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-5-110

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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
SALCEDO / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-429e94d44df5152898f42b2f
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 UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA26.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK22.4%
  • UNIDAD SALCEDENSE14.5%
  • SALCEDENSES POR UNA RENOVACIÓN INTEGRAL11.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA9.6%
  • FUERZA SALCEDENSE6.8%
  • UNIDAD Y DESARROLLO5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID3.3%
Results for event-922fa3670ccc0eb38212f29e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,64126.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,12722.4%2Recorded
UNIDAD SALCEDENSE1268ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,26614.5%2Recorded
SALCEDENSES POR UNA RENOVACIÓN INTEGRAL1427ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,25511.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,4819.6%1Recorded
FUERZA SALCEDENSE1373ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,4646.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD Y DESARROLLO1353ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,8915.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID222ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,1903.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO VISION SALCEDENSE22.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK21.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ACTIVO SALCEDENSE, M.A.S.12.6%
  • ALIANZA EL TRABAJO CONTINUA9.2%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO8.5%
  • ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 68.1%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO6.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL5.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA3.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO ORGANIZACION PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA, OPCION2.1%
Results for event-cad33e5816aeaa91e82a1b92
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO VISION SALCEDENSE186ecuador/Sed7b513864/201923,36422.4%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/201922,52021.6%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ACTIVO SALCEDENSE, M.A.S.84ecuador/Sed7b513864/201913,16512.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA EL TRABAJO CONTINUA738ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199,5999.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO771ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,8238.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 6506ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,4118.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,3046%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,2015.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,7283.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO ORGANIZACION PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA, OPCION74ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,2162.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • UNIDAD SALCEDENSE PACHAKUTIK LISTAS 18 - A.T.I. LISTA 10124.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS20.4%
  • ALIANZA CANTONAL SALCEDO AVANZA 8 -SEA 10314.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA12.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ACTIVO SALCEDENSE11.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO5.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4.4%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO4.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO ORGANIZACIÓN PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA1.0%
Results for event-0494338dde165b2fe5f0fbae
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SALCEDENSE PACHAKUTIK LISTAS 18 - A.T.I. LISTA 1015006ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201422,67224.1%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201419,23020.4%2Recorded
ALIANZA CANTONAL SALCEDO AVANZA 8 -SEA 1035007ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201413,37914.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201412,00812.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ACTIVO SALCEDENSE5002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,12511.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,8265.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,1144.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,8724.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,0692.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO ORGANIZACIÓN PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA5004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149011%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
2026-08-1156,393
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": 110,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 5,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 56393,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-5-110",
  "name": "SALCEDO / COTOPAXI",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    585,
    586,
    631,
    632,
    633,
    634,
    635,
    636,
    637,
    638,
    639,
    640,
    641,
    645,
    647,
    648,
    649,
    650,
    651,
    652,
    653
  ],
  "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. “SALCEDO / COTOPAXI — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-5-110. 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.