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Office briefing

MULALO / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · MULALO / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI · other · Parish boardEC-J-5-100-2480

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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
MULALO / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-8bd91c39baf4ad86d719f760
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 SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA32.6%
  • UNIDOS POR LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y LA VIDA26.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA17.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK13.5%
  • RETO ES LA OPCION5.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO4.5%
Results for event-483dbf419e70fa41e062c9e8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,80832.6%2Recorded
UNIDOS POR LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y LA VIDA1073ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,48726.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202397917.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202374913.5%1Recorded
RETO ES LA OPCION1014ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232825.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232494.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA19.9%
  • ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 617.2%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA 4/3514.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK11.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS10.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO6.6%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO6.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO FE S FUERZA, ESPERANZA, SERVICIO6.0%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO5.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP2.4%
Results for event-f453176780a1d37742921821
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,23619.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 6506ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,65117.2%1Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA 4/35726ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,05414.4%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,35111.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,26410.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,3976.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO771ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2746%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO FE S FUERZA, ESPERANZA, SERVICIO255ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2706%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2585.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195152.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO AVANZA28.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK26.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS16.7%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO11.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA8.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO ORGANIZACIÓN PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO3.4%
Results for event-b084aec3b0e21c558937bf95
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,92828.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,41426%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,48716.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,35711.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,8508.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO ORGANIZACIÓN PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA5004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,0825.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20147093.4%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
2026-08-117,870
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 100,
  "cne_parish": 2480,
  "cne_province": 5,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 7870,
  "electors_july": 7870,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-5-100-2480",
  "name": "MULALO / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    576,
    577,
    578
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 29,
  "register_pdf_row": 42,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 4722
}

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. “MULALO / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-5-100-2480. 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.