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SANTA LUCÍA / GUAYAS — Municipal council

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Ecuador · SANTA LUCÍA / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · Municipal councilEC-C-9-870

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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
SANTA LUCÍA / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-963fe98399ae0d1df5737283
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 GUERRERO25.3%
  • POR EL BIENESTAR DE LOS LUCIANOS19.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA17.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO RENOVACIÓN11.0%
  • ALIANZA DEL FUTURO10.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO9.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES4.7%
  • ALIANZA SANTA LUCIA2.2%
Results for event-a3d563da6c679916548aa563
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,60225.3%1Recorded
POR EL BIENESTAR DE LOS LUCIANOS1235ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,32619.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,78017.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO RENOVACIÓN246ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,43811%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEL FUTURO1350ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,31510.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,1499.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,0484.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SANTA LUCIA1423ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234872.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO30.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA26.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL15.1%
  • FUERZA.EC7.2%
  • MINGA POR SANTA LUCIA6.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL6.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ2.5%
  • ALIANZA CREO - ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO SALUD Y TRABAJO1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS1.4%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR1.2%
Results for event-3a081c636768a09320f3fe6a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO534ecuador/Sed7b513864/201923,56830.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/201920,46226.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/201911,66115.1%1Recorded
FUERZA.EC146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,6057.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MINGA POR SANTA LUCIA692ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,2536.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,6896.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,9622.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CREO - ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE589ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0871.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SALUD Y TRABAJO24ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0801.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0631.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199011.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS57.9%
  • ALIANZA PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA LISTA 3, PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO LISTA 6 Y EL MOVIMIENTO MADERA DE GUERRERO LISTA 7526.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA4.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO3.5%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL3.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO2.0%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO2.0%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO1.3%
Results for event-fa96f4911917b1f774fd26af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201447,42257.9%4Recorded
ALIANZA PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA LISTA 3, PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO LISTA 6 Y EL MOVIMIENTO MADERA DE GUERRERO LISTA 759018ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201421,25226%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,3694.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,8853.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,6533.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,6112%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,6002%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,0991.3%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
2026-08-1134,974
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": 870,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 34974,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-C-9-870",
  "name": "SANTA LUCÍA / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Municipal council",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1366,
    1460,
    1461,
    1462,
    1529,
    1860,
    1861
  ],
  "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. “SANTA LUCÍA / GUAYAS — Municipal council.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-C-9-870. 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.