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GUARE / BABA / LOS RÍOS — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · GUARE / BABA / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS · other · Parish boardEC-J-12-520-1460

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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
GUARE / BABA / LOS RÍOS / LOS RÍOS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-7bf70ae6c5acc9f9f83bfb32
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

  • PARTIDO AVANZA42.6%
  • RC5-RETO 3320.3%
  • UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-2518.6%
  • JUNTOS POR BABA18.5%
Results for event-43b4d25b97ea056144f8f05e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA101ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,64842.6%2Recorded
RC5-RETO 331324ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202378420.3%1Recorded
UNIDOS POR LOS RIOS 1-3-4-17-20-21-23-251501ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202372118.6%1Recorded
JUNTOS POR BABA1231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202371618.5%1Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO24.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO21.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA16.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO GANADERO BABA15.6%
  • CREO - FE9.2%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA4.4%
  • PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA3.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL2.8%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO2.4%
Results for event-27864c28a46404dc2fba6cde
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,55524.3%2Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,25421.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,68616%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO GANADERO BABA58ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,63815.6%1Recorded
CREO - FE659ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199699.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194584.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA25ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193943.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192982.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192562.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS28.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO GANADERO BABA17.5%
  • BABA SÚMATE AL CAMBIO14.5%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA13.0%
  • UNIDOS POR BABA11.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO6.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4.9%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO3.7%
Results for event-3e73d83893638b5eb1dd8a54
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,82028.3%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO GANADERO BABA12002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,74117.5%1Recorded
BABA SÚMATE AL CAMBIO12005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,44414.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,29613%1Recorded
UNIDOS POR BABA12014ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,15611.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146536.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144934.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143643.7%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
2026-08-116,737
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 520,
  "cne_parish": 1460,
  "cne_province": 12,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 6737,
  "electors_july": 6737,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-12-520-1460",
  "name": "GUARE / BABA / LOS RÍOS",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2266,
    2267,
    2268,
    2269,
    2277
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 36,
  "register_pdf_row": 23,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 4042.2
}

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. “GUARE / BABA / LOS RÍOS — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-12-520-1460. 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.