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MALACATOS/VALLADOLID / LOJA / LOJA — Parish board

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Ecuador · MALACATOS/VALLADOLID / LOJA / LOJA / LOJA · other · Parish boardEC-J-11-300-2325

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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
MALACATOS/VALLADOLID / LOJA / LOJA / LOJA
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-5f7a3ad15223c4e6c3ebf501
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

  • JUNTOS POR LOJA22.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOLIDEZ, ESPERANZA Y RESPETO SER15.9%
  • EL RETO ES LOJA15.0%
  • POR LOJA9.6%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA7.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ5.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO5.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD, ARE5.0%
  • SOMOS EL CAMBIO4.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO3.7%
Results for event-3747e3f302871eb64d9a871b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS POR LOJA1129ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,00222.3%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOLIDEZ, ESPERANZA Y RESPETO SER127ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202371315.9%1Recorded
EL RETO ES LOJA1074ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202367515%1Recorded
POR LOJA1244ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234329.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA101ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233217.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232635.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232575.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232505.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD, ARE33ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232235%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS EL CAMBIO1442ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231874.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231663.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA LOJA PARA TODOS35.7%
  • ALIANZA MALACATOS SOMOS TODOS12.5%
  • ALIANZA LOJA PROGRESA11.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ6.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION REGIONAL DE EQUIDAD, ARE6.3%
  • ALIANZA POR UNA LOJA DE OPORTUNIDADES5.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL4.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANAM, APLA4.2%
  • ALIANZA ÚNETE AL CAMBIO4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO RENOVACION DEMOCRATICA3.5%
Results for event-026682fddd9bd340fc28953d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA LOJA PARA TODOS566ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,82935.7%3Recorded
ALIANZA MALACATOS SOMOS TODOS784ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,03612.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA LOJA PROGRESA652ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,87811.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1096.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION REGIONAL DE EQUIDAD, ARE2ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0216.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR UNA LOJA DE OPORTUNIDADES762ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199045.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198525.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197464.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANAM, APLA23ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196934.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA ÚNETE AL CAMBIO635ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196804.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACION DEMOCRATICA177ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195743.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA CAMINO AL PROGRESO27.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS19.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANA17.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD15.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO12.1%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS POR LOJA SUMAMOS4.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"3.9%
Results for event-e95725726f4c763333a0a67b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA CAMINO AL PROGRESO11012ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,04527.8%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,79219.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANA11005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,47317%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD11001ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,21815.3%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,75512.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR LOJA SUMAMOS11017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146924.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145683.9%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
2026-08-117,037
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 300,
  "cne_parish": 2325,
  "cne_province": 11,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 7037,
  "electors_july": 7037,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-11-300-2325",
  "name": "MALACATOS/VALLADOLID / LOJA / LOJA",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2104,
    2202,
    2203
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 35,
  "register_pdf_row": 17,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 4222.2
}

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. “MALACATOS/VALLADOLID / LOJA / LOJA — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-11-300-2325. 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.