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LA ESPERANZA / IBARRA / IMBABURA — Parish board

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Ecuador · LA ESPERANZA / IBARRA / IMBABURA / IMBABURA · other · Parish boardEC-J-10-30-2020

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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
LA ESPERANZA / IBARRA / IMBABURA / IMBABURA
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-d0e8d0a10ed4e1607d7c54f9
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

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK24.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA18.7%
  • ESPERANZA DEL FUTURO AVANZA-MINGAI18.1%
  • MUÉVETE IMBABURA14.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO13.6%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO5.8%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA5.2%
Results for event-d9886448eb37d80b7f17b3e0
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,20224.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202392818.7%1Recorded
ESPERANZA DEL FUTURO AVANZA-MINGAI1184ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202390018.1%1Recorded
MUÉVETE IMBABURA1077ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202372014.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202367613.6%1Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO1374ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232865.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232575.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO POR UN GOBIERNO AUTÓNOMO HACIA LA IGUALDAD, MINGAI25.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ÚNETE, UNIÓN, ÉTICA, TRANSPARENCIA Y EQUIDAD14.5%
  • ALIANZA TODOS POR IBARRA13.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOMOS LIBRES9.7%
  • ALIANZA JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO YA6.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL5.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES4.6%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA3.3%
Results for event-026e6d126311b1ec46964a36
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO POR UN GOBIERNO AUTÓNOMO HACIA LA IGUALDAD, MINGAI207ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,89025.7%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ÚNETE, UNIÓN, ÉTICA, TRANSPARENCIA Y EQUIDAD181ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,75814.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA TODOS POR IBARRA507ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,48813.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,28512%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOMOS LIBRES190ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,8379.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO YA767ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2116.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0785.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199765.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198794.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196293.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • TODO POR IBARRA MPD - PACHAKUTIK26.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA22.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO20.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS19.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO12.1%
Results for event-5ca5b6343f89635130bba31e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
TODO POR IBARRA MPD - PACHAKUTIK10005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,44926%2Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,75622%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,44920.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,36719.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,06312.1%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
2026-08-117,627
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 30,
  "cne_parish": 2020,
  "cne_province": 10,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 7627,
  "electors_july": 7627,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-10-30-2020",
  "name": "LA ESPERANZA / IBARRA / IMBABURA",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2023,
    2024
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 33,
  "register_pdf_row": 47,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 4576.2
}

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. “LA ESPERANZA / IBARRA / IMBABURA — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-10-30-2020. 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.