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QUININDÉ / ESMERALDAS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · QUININDÉ / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-8-575

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

Geography: QUININDÉ / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS
Next election: 2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event: next-e860094d7a0207b1ed3ee086
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 POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA37.4%
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO25.7%
SOMOS QUININDE, LISTAS 1 - 1219.4%
ESMERALDAS, ES PRIMERO11.2%
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR4.5%
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK1.7%

Results for event-683529fc4090999d9bab4c0a
Label / candidate	Party code	Votes	Share	Seats	Status
UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA	1270ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	22,417	37.4%	4	Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO	32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	15,416	25.7%	2	Recorded
SOMOS QUININDE, LISTAS 1 - 12	1300ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	11,606	19.4%	2	Recorded
ESMERALDAS, ES PRIMERO	1178ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	6,728	11.2%	1	Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR	231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	2,677	4.5%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK	7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023	1,034	1.7%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO29.6%
UNIDAD POPULAR21.8%
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ21.5%
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA6.3%
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL5.2%
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3.1%
UNION ECUATORIANA2.9%
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA2.7%
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES2.7%
FUERZA.EC2.4%
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP1.9%

Results for event-fe733c19c78b001d32e62281
Label / candidate	Party code	Votes	Share	Seats	Status
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO	1ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	54,877	29.6%	4	Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR	143ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	40,487	21.8%	3	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ	198ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	39,889	21.5%	2	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA	13ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	11,629	6.3%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL	170ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	9,709	5.2%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO	3ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	5,694	3.1%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA	51ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	5,360	2.9%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA	25ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	5,016	2.7%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES	22ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	4,996	2.7%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
FUERZA.EC	146ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	4,467	2.4%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP	235ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019	3,470	1.9%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS37.9%
PARTIDO AVANZA31.7%
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO14.6%
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO6.5%
MOVIMIENTO CREO4.3%
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL1.6%
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR ESMERALDAS1.1%

Results for event-b9287ed01c19f1c0fb99bdb1
Label / candidate	Party code	Votes	Share	Seats	Status
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS	3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	71,627	37.9%	5	Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA	6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	59,922	31.7%	3	Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO	2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	27,625	14.6%	1	Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO	1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	12,205	6.5%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO	8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	8,094	4.3%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO	10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	4,167	2.2%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL	9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	3,114	1.6%	0 (recorded zero)	Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR ESMERALDAS	8004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014	2,018	1.1%	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

103,253

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

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  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-8-575",
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  "office": "Municipal council",
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  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
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}

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. “QUININDÉ / ESMERALDAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-8-575. 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.