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COLTA / CHIMBORAZO — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · COLTA / CHIMBORAZO / CHIMBORAZO · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-6-205

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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
COLTA / CHIMBORAZO / CHIMBORAZO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-1ce88ae93809ab7ed649f104
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

  • CONSTRUIMOS CONTIGO28.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK26.4%
  • ALIANZA CANTONAL CREO 21 - CAMBIO 6222.6%
  • SER9.8%
  • VIDA9.2%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO4.0%
Results for event-765a5bb7104254122eb0bf82
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CONSTRUIMOS CONTIGO1275ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,47428%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,09126.4%2Recorded
ALIANZA CANTONAL CREO 21 - CAMBIO 621470ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,22722.6%1Recorded
SER1371ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,2759.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIDA1147ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,1209.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO1068ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239174%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO INTERCULTURAL DE GENTE ACTIVA (MINGA)27.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK23.0%
  • ALIANZA AVANCEMOS YA18.0%
  • ALIANZA CHIMBORAZO PRIMERO9.6%
  • ALIANZA CÓDIGO DE LA UNIDAD9.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO5.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL5.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO COALICION DE LOS COMUNES1.7%
Results for event-44250aab7838274010d81f5d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO INTERCULTURAL DE GENTE ACTIVA (MINGA)206ecuador/Sed7b513864/201912,77627.7%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,63423%2Recorded
ALIANZA AVANCEMOS YA731ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,29518%1Recorded
ALIANZA CHIMBORAZO PRIMERO710ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,4159.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CÓDIGO DE LA UNIDAD577ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,1569%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO144ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,6985.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,3545.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO COALICION DE LOS COMUNES247ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198071.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA 35-18 CHIMBORAZO38.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMAUTA YUYAY26.1%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA23.3%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS POR EL CAMBIO7.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO2.1%
  • ALIANZA "UNIDOS POR CHIMBORAZO"1.9%
Results for event-9bc9cf922489e80112d3aed1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA 35-18 CHIMBORAZO6009ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201418,83238.9%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMAUTA YUYAY6002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201412,62026.1%2Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,29523.3%1Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR EL CAMBIO6011ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,7267.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO11ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,0122.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA "UNIDOS POR CHIMBORAZO"6005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148971.9%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
2026-08-1137,936
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 205,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 6,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 37936,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-6-205",
  "name": "COLTA / CHIMBORAZO",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    786,
    818,
    819,
    820,
    821,
    822,
    823,
    824,
    825,
    839,
    842,
    849,
    861,
    862,
    863
  ],
  "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. “COLTA / CHIMBORAZO — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-6-205. 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.