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SAN LUCAS / LOJA / LOJA — Parish board

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Ecuador · SAN LUCAS / LOJA / LOJA / LOJA · other · Parish boardEC-J-11-300-3555

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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
SAN LUCAS / LOJA / LOJA / LOJA
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-91c92c54bbd0a4b6775ab358
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

  • SOMOS EL CAMBIO31.9%
  • JUNTOS POR LOJA29.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ26.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOLIDEZ, ESPERANZA Y RESPETO SER9.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO3.2%
Results for event-3e20d0dc74d373a8f2611bf5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SOMOS EL CAMBIO1442ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202391231.9%2Recorded
JUNTOS POR LOJA1129ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202382829%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202376826.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOLIDEZ, ESPERANZA Y RESPETO SER127ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232569%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023913.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA LOJA PROGRESA35.8%
  • ALIANZA ÚNETE AL CAMBIO32.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ13.1%
  • ALIANZA LOJA PARA TODOS11.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION REGIONAL DE EQUIDAD, ARE8.0%
Results for event-19662e69f840e58735638812
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA LOJA PROGRESA652ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,24635.8%2Recorded
ALIANZA ÚNETE AL CAMBIO635ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,79932%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,55913.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA LOJA PARA TODOS566ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,30611%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION REGIONAL DE EQUIDAD, ARE2ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199498%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK41.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS19.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO17.5%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS POR LOJA SUMAMOS12.7%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA8.1%
Results for event-ad87c5b4ed93682369f71d66
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,85141.7%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,31219.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,03817.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR LOJA SUMAMOS11017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,48112.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149428.1%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
2026-08-114,115
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": 3555,
  "cne_province": 11,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 4115,
  "electors_july": 4115,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-11-300-3555",
  "name": "SAN LUCAS / LOJA / LOJA",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2204,
    2205,
    2218
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 35,
  "register_pdf_row": 19,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 4000
}

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. “SAN LUCAS / LOJA / LOJA — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-11-300-3555. 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.