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ALÁQUEZ / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · ALÁQUEZ / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI · other · Parish boardEC-J-5-100-35

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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
ALÁQUEZ / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-e629e6b4f8a7510d974677ec
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, SUMA24.5%
  • FUERZA RURAL INTERCULTURAL19.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK15.9%
  • UNIDOS POR LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y LA VIDA15.7%
  • RETO ES LA OPCION10.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA9.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO4.9%
Results for event-41d320e181ef948e4c2c2e55
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202399424.5%1Recorded
FUERZA RURAL INTERCULTURAL1384ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202377319.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202364515.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS POR LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y LA VIDA1073ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202363615.7%1Recorded
RETO ES LA OPCION1014ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202340710%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234009.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232004.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA23.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS14.2%
  • LATACUNGA ALIANZA DEL TRIUNFO14.1%
  • ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 67.8%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA COTOPAXENSE7.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO FE S FUERZA, ESPERANZA, SERVICIO7.3%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO7.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP6.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES5.3%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO4.5%
  • ALIANZA LATACUNGA MERECE MAS2.2%
Results for event-3e8c14c1bab5b0ed7423c872
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,61523.3%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,20014.2%1Recorded
LATACUNGA ALIANZA DEL TRIUNFO512ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,18214.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 6506ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2157.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA COTOPAXENSE730ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2157.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO FE S FUERZA, ESPERANZA, SERVICIO255ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1407.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1277.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199656.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198295.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO771ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196974.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA LATACUNGA MERECE MAS628ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193432.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO AVANZA32.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS24.6%
  • UNIDAD DE LA IZQUIERDA - COTOPAXI MPD LISTA 15 - PACHAKUTIK LISTA 1815.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA9.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO ORGANIZACIÓN PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA7.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO4.8%
Results for event-e5a835741e5ca7b7eb027453
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,86532.2%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,70824.6%2Recorded
UNIDAD DE LA IZQUIERDA - COTOPAXI MPD LISTA 15 - PACHAKUTIK LISTA 185005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,40715.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,3569%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO ORGANIZACIÓN PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA5004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,1827.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148625.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20147224.8%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
2026-08-116,468
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": 35,
  "cne_province": 5,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 6468,
  "electors_july": 6468,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-5-100-35",
  "name": "ALÁQUEZ / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    570,
    571
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 29,
  "register_pdf_row": 38,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 4000
}

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. “ALÁQUEZ / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-5-100-35. 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.