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ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-8-560

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1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography: ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS
Next election: 2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event: next-92908bfd6d878b5b47da0407
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 SOCIAL CRISTIANO33.2%
UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA25.9%
ESMERALDAS, ES PRIMERO13.9%
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR8.8%
SOMOS ESMERALDAS LISTAS 1 - 238.5%
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA5.6%
VAMOS ESMERALDAS3.9%
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID0.2%

Results for event-1bef35867ee62b1421b453a5
Label / candidate	Party code	Votes	Share	Seats	Status
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO	32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	30,767	33.2%	5	Recorded
UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA	1270ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	23,993	25.9%	2	Recorded
ESMERALDAS, ES PRIMERO	1178ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	12,925	13.9%	2	Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR	231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	8,173	8.8%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
SOMOS ESMERALDAS LISTAS 1 - 23	1284ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	7,842	8.5%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA	117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	5,229	5.6%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
VAMOS ESMERALDAS	1337ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	3,654	3.9%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID	222ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	173	0.2%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

UNIDAD POPULAR25.8%
ALIANZA PROGRESISTA18.5%
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO12.0%
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA11.2%
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ8.7%
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL4.8%
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES3.8%
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA2.9%
FUERZA.EC2.7%
UNION ECUATORIANA2.3%
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP2.2%
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE2.2%
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS1.8%
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO0.6%
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA0.5%

Results for event-15591de8361b91995976a687
Label / candidate	Party code	Votes	Share	Seats	Status
UNIDAD POPULAR	143ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	67,591	25.8%	4	Recorded
ALIANZA PROGRESISTA	655ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	48,631	18.5%	3	Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO	1ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	31,614	12%	1	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA	13ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	29,467	11.2%	1	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ	198ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	22,761	8.7%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL	148ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	12,470	4.8%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES	22ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	9,865	3.8%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA	25ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	7,611	2.9%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
FUERZA.EC	146ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	7,113	2.7%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA	51ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	6,042	2.3%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP	235ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	5,784	2.2%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE	158ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	5,711	2.2%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS	142ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	4,697	1.8%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO	3ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	1,692	0.6%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA	37ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	1,376	0.5%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS42.9%
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO16.4%
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO11.6%
PARTIDO AVANZA11.3%
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR ESMERALDAS7.0%
MOVIMIENTO CREO6.3%
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO2.5%
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO1.8%
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL0.1%

Results for event-3dbf6ec40dd0fbdef74c4db1
Label / candidate	Party code	Votes	Share	Seats	Status
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS	3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	107,483	42.9%	7	Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO	2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	41,080	16.4%	2	Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO	1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	28,991	11.6%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA	6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	28,283	11.3%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR ESMERALDAS	8004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	17,598	7%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO	8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	15,850	6.3%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO	10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	6,351	2.5%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO	8001ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	4,466	1.8%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL	9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	370	0.1%	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

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

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.

As of

Electors

Notes

2026-08-11

166,558

Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.

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  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-8-560",
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  "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

Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-electorales-2023/?wpdmdl=39834 · rights unknown
Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019/?wpdmdl=20971 · rights unknown
Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-a-nivel-parroquial-2014/?wpdmdl=21133 · rights unknown
Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/distributivos-de-electores-2027/ · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2023.zip · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2023.dat · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019.dat · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2019.dat · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2014.sav · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2014.dat · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE 2027 precinct and electorate distribution, cutoff 11 August 2026 · rights unknown
Ecuador: CNE resolution PLE-CNE-1-31-7-2026: ordinary election call for 29 November 2026 · rights unknown

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-8-560. 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.