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COTUNDO / ARCHIDONA / NAPO — Parish board

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Ecuador · COTUNDO / ARCHIDONA / NAPO / NAPO · other · Parish boardEC-J-15-700-685

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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
COTUNDO / ARCHIDONA / NAPO / NAPO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-40ceb293c01a0c5c946d04af
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 PACHAKUTIK33.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO24.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO10.9%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR10.6%
  • ALIANZA 3-8-21-6110.6%
  • SOMOS AGUA7.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA2.6%
Results for event-9e6e665bb388e492644e8080
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,43733.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,03424.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO226ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202346810.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202345610.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA 3-8-21-611255ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202345610.6%1Recorded
SOMOS AGUA1034ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233327.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231112.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO - CREO17.9%
  • ALIANZA PONTE ONCE OBRAS Y TRABAJO16.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK15.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO12.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO12.1%
  • ALIANZA ANTISUYO USHITO - DEMOCRACIA SI 61/209.5%
  • PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA8.9%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR4.9%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA2.6%
Results for event-57dcc46092a6a0647dc023af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO - CREO610ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,17517.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA PONTE ONCE OBRAS Y TRABAJO525ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,95516.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,91515.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO219ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,49012.3%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,47512.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA ANTISUYO USHITO - DEMOCRACIA SI 61/20527ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1579.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA25ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0818.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195914.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193222.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"37.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS28.7%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA22.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO6.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA5.8%
Results for event-891fbded36b9106ac5c240cd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,27237%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,53528.7%2Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,94022%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145756.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145115.8%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
2026-08-115,785
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 700,
  "cne_parish": 685,
  "cne_province": 15,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 5785,
  "electors_july": 5785,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-15-700-685",
  "name": "COTUNDO / ARCHIDONA / NAPO",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    3024,
    3028,
    3081,
    3082,
    3083
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 39,
  "register_pdf_row": 9,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 5200
}

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. “COTUNDO / ARCHIDONA / NAPO — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-15-700-685. 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.