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COLIMES / GUAYAS — Municipal council

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · COLIMES / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-9-125

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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
COLIMES / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-2252ff26c78889fccfe5803f
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

  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO28.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO20.0%
  • UNIDOS POR COLIMES15.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA12.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO7.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES4.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO3.6%
  • ALIANZA POR COLIMES2.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ2.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO RENOVACIÓN2.2%
  • ALIANZA DEL FUTURO1.4%
Results for event-40f937a3632a856c239e71bb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,77028.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,66720%1Recorded
UNIDOS POR COLIMES1381ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,09015.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,72812.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239317%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235394%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234803.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR COLIMES1439ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233462.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233132.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO RENOVACIÓN246ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232922.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEL FUTURO1350ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231911.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO32.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA24.9%
  • ADELANTE COLIMEÑO ADELANTE13.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO8.3%
  • CREO - MST7.4%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA4.2%
  • FUERZA.EC3.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL3.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO1.6%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR1.4%
Results for event-1f508d95ab27981252e91cce
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO534ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,93832%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,48924.9%1Recorded
ADELANTE COLIMEÑO ADELANTE654ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,73513.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,8448.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO - MST590ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,5167.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,4414.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1663.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0173%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195341.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194691.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS35.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"26.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA21.6%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA4.3%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO3.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO2.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO2.2%
Results for event-2683f9ce6653d33a0488bdea
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,22435%3Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,35126%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,91621.6%1Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,6025%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,3944.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,0013.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148762.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146992.2%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
2026-08-1121,378
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": 125,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 21378,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-9-125",
  "name": "COLIMES / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1469,
    1628,
    1643,
    1652,
    1653,
    1912
  ],
  "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. “COLIMES / GUAYAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-9-125. 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.