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Office briefing

LOS ENCUENTROS / YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · LOS ENCUENTROS / YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE · other · Parish boardEC-J-19-670-2240

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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
LOS ENCUENTROS / YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-b458e8bf0c1b6edb5c6c7cdd
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 RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO25.4%
  • COMPROMISO Y PROGRESO24.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO15.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA12.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ7.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA3.9%
Results for event-1431c44257298cdd596522d7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO226ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202367125.4%2Recorded
COMPROMISO Y PROGRESO1081ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202364824.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202340815.4%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202332912.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231867%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231565.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231425.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231023.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK24.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES21.0%
  • ALIANZA JUNTOS PODEMOS YANTZAZA20.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP17.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO16.9%
Results for event-354e7337efba35ee729b7f0b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,20024.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,90221%1Recorded
ALIANZA JUNTOS PODEMOS YANTZAZA620ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,83220.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,60717.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,53416.9%1Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA POR LA REIVINDICACIÓN DE ZAMORA CHINCHIPE37.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO30.6%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA11.1%
  • UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL DE LAS IZQUIERDAS PACHAKUTIK-MPD10.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"10.4%
Results for event-b4d1abc2659333162c75d287
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR LA REIVINDICACIÓN DE ZAMORA CHINCHIPE19009ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,09937.2%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,72830.6%2Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201462711.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL DE LAS IZQUIERDAS PACHAKUTIK-MPD19005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201460310.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201458710.4%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
2026-08-114,172
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 670,
  "cne_parish": 2240,
  "cne_province": 19,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 4172,
  "electors_july": 4172,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-19-670-2240",
  "name": "LOS ENCUENTROS / YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    3918,
    3925
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 44,
  "register_pdf_row": 29,
  "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. “LOS ENCUENTROS / YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-19-670-2240. 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.