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DURÁN / GUAYAS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · DURÁN / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-9-820

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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
DURÁN / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-19f0277c798aa5bad823ecd5
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

  • CHONILLO ¡AHORA SI! 15029.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA28.8%
  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO22.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES5.1%
  • CAMBIEMOS LA HISTORIA4.9%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO NACIONAL - IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA4.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA1.8%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL0.7%
Results for event-49f68c0f7316d3a0f7b444cc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CHONILLO ¡AHORA SI! 1501128ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202339,00829.8%4Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202337,77228.8%4Recorded
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202328,98922.1%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,7355.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIEMOS LA HISTORIA1159ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,4364.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO NACIONAL - IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA1481ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,7994.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,4071.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,8651.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,1370.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL103ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239200.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO32.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL22.1%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO16.9%
  • CREO - FE - MST5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO3.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA2.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS2.2%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE1.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO DURÁN PUEDE MÁS1.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA1.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK1.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL1.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO1.0%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA0.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.9%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR0.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL0.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO EMERGENTE DE TRANSPARENCIA Y ACCION (META)0.6%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA0.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION0.3%
Results for event-6e72884aed7905e9d9512c2f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO534ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019177,60132.5%6Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019121,00822.1%3Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/201992,23016.9%2Recorded
CREO - FE - MST606ecuador/Sed7b513864/201928,3505.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO219ecuador/Sed7b513864/201920,5013.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/201912,4052.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/201911,8832.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE158ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,3051.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO DURÁN PUEDE MÁS211ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199,0121.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,6021.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,2111.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,0511.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,3491%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,8980.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,8730.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,6840.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,6730.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,5120.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL27ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,2230.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO EMERGENTE DE TRANSPARENCIA Y ACCION (META)50ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,1850.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,9760.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION18ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,6990.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO53.2%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO34.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO4.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA3.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL1.0%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO0.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA0.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO0.7%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL0.7%
Results for event-f19272852fa72f2f75ddaefc
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO9017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014303,69853.2%7Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014196,57334.4%4Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201423,0534%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201418,8723.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL9003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,9011%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,0070.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,8840.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,8170.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,1290.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,7160.7%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
2026-08-11194,139
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": 820,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 194139,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-9-820",
  "name": "DURÁN / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1362,
    1363,
    1364,
    1365,
    1374,
    1375,
    1376,
    1377,
    1378,
    1379,
    1447,
    1448,
    1449,
    1450,
    1451,
    1452,
    1453,
    1454,
    1455,
    1456,
    1457,
    1476,
    1477,
    1478,
    1479,
    1480,
    1641,
    1904,
    1905,
    1906,
    1908,
    1909,
    1917
  ],
  "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. “DURÁN / GUAYAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-9-820. 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.