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SIMÓN BOLÍVAR / GUAYAS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · SIMÓN BOLÍVAR / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-9-790

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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
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-ef95b3835b1df85bdc6ce402
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 REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA36.4%
  • SIMÓN BOLÍVAR PRIMERO18.7%
  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO15.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA9.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO3.7%
  • ALIANZA POR SIMON BOLIVAR3.6%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA1.1%
Results for event-86e83d71f4629a15f9a6b86a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,20036.4%2Recorded
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR PRIMERO1249ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,66718.7%2Recorded
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,18115.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,71512%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,3319.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235303.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR SIMON BOLIVAR1417ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235203.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231521.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO40.5%
  • ALIANZA CREO - CENTRO DEMOCRATICO28.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK9.7%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR7.5%
  • FUERZA.EC4.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS2.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO SALUD Y TRABAJO1.5%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA0.9%
Results for event-87c34d48c5d128d477a33fb6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO534ecuador/Sed7b513864/201911,66240.5%3Recorded
ALIANZA CREO - CENTRO DEMOCRATICO593ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,25028.7%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,7909.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,1557.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,4234.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2204.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195872%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SALUD Y TRABAJO24ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194271.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192730.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO CREO34.6%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO27.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS16.4%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA11.4%
  • ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO4.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA4.0%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK0.4%
Results for event-8452fbf5ecb6db5be0470cca
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149,46634.6%2Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20147,43827.2%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,50416.4%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,13411.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO9017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,2814.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,0854%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143811.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014980.4%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
2026-08-1121,738
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 790,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 21738,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-9-790",
  "name": "SIMÓN BOLÍVAR / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1444,
    1445,
    1446,
    1575
  ],
  "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. “SIMÓN BOLÍVAR / GUAYAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-9-790. 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.