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RICAURTE / CUENCA / AZUAY — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · RICAURTE / CUENCA / AZUAY / AZUAY · other · Parish boardEC-J-1-260-3165

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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
RICAURTE / CUENCA / AZUAY / AZUAY
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-afedb6b2426ca9b7fb65249a
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2026-11-29 is expected (not 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

  • AZUAY YA19.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA16.9%
  • AZUAY PRIMERO14.5%
  • ¡ATREVETE! JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO12.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO NUEVA GENERACIÓN11.1%
  • HAGÁMOSLO CON SHUNGO8.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES4.8%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR4.7%
  • CONTIGO AVANZA CUENCA Y EL AZUAY3.3%
  • RENACE - PSE2.9%
  • AZUAY LIBRE2.6%
Results for event-709a45f371eeb23023a3b635
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
AZUAY YA1115ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,94419.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,72316.9%1Recorded
AZUAY PRIMERO1063ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,47614.5%1Recorded
¡ATREVETE! JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO1430ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,24912.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NUEVA GENERACIÓN215ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,12911.1%1Recorded
HAGÁMOSLO CON SHUNGO1359ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238228.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES208ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234864.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234774.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CONTIGO AVANZA CUENCA Y EL AZUAY1389ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233383.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENACE - PSE1404ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232912.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZUAY LIBRE1017ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232602.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA IGUALDAD-CREO35.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CIUDADANO RENACE25.6%
  • ALIANZA JUNTOS POR EL FUTURO16.1%
  • PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA10.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONTIGO7.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO INCLUSION RICAURTENSE (MIR)5.0%
Results for event-04eb1641b27c41b299fe2de2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA IGUALDAD-CREO560ecuador/Sed7b513864/201915,84035.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CIUDADANO RENACE267ecuador/Sed7b513864/201911,42725.6%2Recorded
ALIANZA JUNTOS POR EL FUTURO556ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,19116.1%1Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA25ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,69510.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONTIGO139ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,2697.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INCLUSION RICAURTENSE (MIR)193ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,2545%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA "PARTICIPA CON IGUALDAD" LISTAS 62-8253.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS39.2%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO3.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"3.2%
Results for event-51f7aaa891c25f3c5b41140c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA "PARTICIPA CON IGUALDAD" LISTAS 62-821008ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201422,98653.6%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201416,81139.2%2Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,6713.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,3893.2%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
2026-08-1118,617
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 260,
  "cne_parish": 3165,
  "cne_province": 1,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 18617,
  "electors_july": 18617,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-1-260-3165",
  "name": "RICAURTE / CUENCA / AZUAY",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    102,
    103,
    104,
    105
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 25,
  "register_pdf_row": 22,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 11170.2
}

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. “RICAURTE / CUENCA / AZUAY — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-1-260-3165. 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, ecuador--SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER.