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MADRE TIERRA / MERA / PASTAZA — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · MADRE TIERRA / MERA / PASTAZA / PASTAZA · other · Parish boardEC-J-16-685-2310

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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
MADRE TIERRA / MERA / PASTAZA / PASTAZA
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-3e0769e99dba46f142691c31
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 POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA20.2%
  • HAGAMOSLO JUNTOS19.7%
  • YO APOYO A LA EXPERIENCIA14.4%
  • PASTAZA SOMOS TODOS13.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK10.0%
  • ¡ÁNIMO PASTAZA!7.9%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR7.5%
  • UNIDOS POR PASTAZA7.3%
Results for event-62273e014873450ea18191ce
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202329220.2%1Recorded
HAGAMOSLO JUNTOS1304ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202328519.7%1Recorded
YO APOYO A LA EXPERIENCIA1002ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202320914.4%1Recorded
PASTAZA SOMOS TODOS1247ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202318913.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202314510%1Recorded
¡ÁNIMO PASTAZA!1009ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231157.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231087.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS POR PASTAZA1398ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231057.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • UNIDOS POR MERA30.3%
  • EL DESARROLLO CONTINUA25.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS24.6%
  • ALIANZA MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO UNIDOS POR PASTAZA LISTA 61-PSC LISTA 610.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO INTEGRACIÓN, PROGRESO Y CAMBIO MIPC9.0%
Results for event-e87c53f340ab93367e7d1053
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS POR MERA614ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,49030.3%2Recorded
EL DESARROLLO CONTINUA557ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,27625.9%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,21224.6%1Recorded
ALIANZA MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO UNIDOS POR PASTAZA LISTA 61-PSC LISTA 6554ecuador/Sed7b513864/201950010.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO INTEGRACIÓN, PROGRESO Y CAMBIO MIPC176ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194419%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • JUNTOS POR LA DIGNIDAD DE PASTAZA32.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA24.0%
  • ALIANZA DEL PUEBLO LISTAS 61-10122.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK14.7%
  • ALIANZA PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA LISTA 3 - MOVIMIENTO CREO LISTA 215.6%
Results for event-b9bb5a975c70b21225d14d13
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
JUNTOS POR LA DIGNIDAD DE PASTAZA16007ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,14532.8%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201483924%1Recorded
ALIANZA DEL PUEBLO LISTAS 61-10116006ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201479622.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201451314.7%1Recorded
ALIANZA PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA LISTA 3 - MOVIMIENTO CREO LISTA 2116005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141965.6%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
2026-08-112,114
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 685,
  "cne_parish": 2310,
  "cne_province": 16,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 2114,
  "electors_july": 2114,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-16-685-2310",
  "name": "MADRE TIERRA / MERA / PASTAZA",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    3170,
    3177,
    3178,
    3198
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 40,
  "register_pdf_row": 17,
  "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. “MADRE TIERRA / MERA / PASTAZA — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-16-685-2310. 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.