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COLONCHE / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · COLONCHE / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA · other · Parish boardEC-J-24-410-605

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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
COLONCHE / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-1566e44b00a1867970dc73b5
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 PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE40.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA29.2%
  • ALIANZA ÚNETE.SE13.1%
  • FRENTE RESCATE CIUDADANO7.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA6.0%
  • ALIANZA ID-FLC2.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES1.0%
Results for event-5d7fe8ac12cd6246a96a1005
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE106ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,28140.9%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,91529.2%2Recorded
ALIANZA ÚNETE.SE1301ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,64213.1%1Recorded
FRENTE RESCATE CIUDADANO1219ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,4117%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,2156%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA ID-FLC1207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235522.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232111%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA22.0%
  • ALIANZA LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO LISTA 9 - MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD LISTA 10617.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE16.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL10.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL ÚNETE9.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES6.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA4.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ3.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL PENINSULA POSITIVA2.7%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA2.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO2.0%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS SOMOS UNO1.5%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR1.3%
Results for event-25afb898fffd5adc420d0b82
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA36ecuador/Sed7b513864/201912,48422%2Recorded
ALIANZA LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO LISTA 9 - MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD LISTA 106667ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199,90417.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE31ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199,30816.4%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,84410.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL ÚNETE201ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,0909%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,6686.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,5294.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,9993.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL PENINSULA POSITIVA214ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5562.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5382.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1222%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS SOMOS UNO772ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198601.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197461.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS39.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA25.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE17.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO9.8%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA4.2%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL3.4%
Results for event-2085fdb547a8e13f001ac602
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201419,06439.6%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA24003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201412,29825.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE24001ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,46117.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,7159.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,0104.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,6433.4%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
2026-08-1127,946
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
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  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 410,
  "cne_parish": 605,
  "cne_province": 24,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 27946,
  "electors_july": 27946,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-24-410-605",
  "name": "COLONCHE / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    4333,
    4339,
    4342,
    4343,
    4344,
    4361,
    4379,
    4382,
    4384,
    4385,
    4400,
    4401,
    4402
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 41,
  "register_pdf_row": 48,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 16767.6
}

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. “COLONCHE / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-24-410-605. 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.