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RIOBAMBA / CHIMBORAZO — Municipal council

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Ecuador · RIOBAMBA / CHIMBORAZO / CHIMBORAZO · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-6-195

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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
RIOBAMBA / CHIMBORAZO / CHIMBORAZO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-5a8f03b4ec5d7218dd9aae26
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

  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO17.3%
  • SER14.6%
  • CONSTRUIMOS CONTIGO13.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK13.1%
  • VIDA9.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO8.5%
  • ALIANZA 5-168.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID5.5%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO3.7%
Results for event-f2cb64f3c07b0a2f599bb64a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO123ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202319,82617.3%3Recorded
SER1371ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202316,76514.6%1Recorded
CONSTRUIMOS CONTIGO1275ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202315,78813.7%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202315,07313.1%3Recorded
VIDA1147ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202310,8779.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,7458.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA 5-161315ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,6898.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,5925.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID222ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,3195.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO1068ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,2283.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA CHIMBORAZO PRIMERO15.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO INTERCULTURAL DE GENTE ACTIVA (MINGA)13.3%
  • ALIANZA CÓDIGO DE LA UNIDAD12.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO10.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL6.4%
  • ALIANZA AVANCEMOS YA5.7%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO4.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ4.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO COALICION DE LOS COMUNES4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS4.1%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA3.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA3.2%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE2.9%
  • ALIANZA PROGRESISTA DE CHIMBORAZO 2-12-331.1%
Results for event-5ae00519eb00324888caf8d1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA CHIMBORAZO PRIMERO710ecuador/Sed7b513864/201956,00915.3%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INTERCULTURAL DE GENTE ACTIVA (MINGA)206ecuador/Sed7b513864/201948,72413.3%3Recorded
ALIANZA CÓDIGO DE LA UNIDAD577ecuador/Sed7b513864/201944,38812.1%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO144ecuador/Sed7b513864/201939,98810.9%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/201928,2827.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/201923,3446.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA AVANCEMOS YA731ecuador/Sed7b513864/201920,8385.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/201917,8404.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/201916,5474.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO COALICION DE LOS COMUNES247ecuador/Sed7b513864/201915,4214.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/201915,2044.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/201914,0973.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/201911,9083.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE158ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,5422.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA PROGRESISTA DE CHIMBORAZO 2-12-33725ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,1011.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA 35-18 CHIMBORAZO27.6%
  • ALIANZA "UNIDOS POR CHIMBORAZO"25.5%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA20.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA9.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"7.4%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO4.4%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL2.5%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO2.1%
Results for event-3f5853dda1304fadbc5048bd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA 35-18 CHIMBORAZO6009ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014100,61127.6%4Recorded
ALIANZA "UNIDOS POR CHIMBORAZO"6005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201492,98825.5%4Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201475,75620.8%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201435,5869.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201426,9937.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201416,1524.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149,2352.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20147,7452.1%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
2026-08-11209,423
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": 195,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 6,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 209423,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-6-195",
  "name": "RIOBAMBA / CHIMBORAZO",
  "office": "Municipal council",
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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

    Cite this record

    Center for Digital Democracy. “RIOBAMBA / CHIMBORAZO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-6-195. 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.