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Office briefing

SAN JUAN DE PASTOCALLE / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · SAN JUAN DE PASTOCALLE / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI · other · Parish boardEC-J-5-100-3530

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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
SAN JUAN DE PASTOCALLE / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI / COTOPAXI
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-ce4f6695602e7409726f842a
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, SUMA27.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK19.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA12.9%
  • UNIDOS POR LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y LA VIDA11.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID9.7%
  • RETO ES LA OPCION7.8%
  • FUERZA RURAL INTERCULTURAL7.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO3.0%
Results for event-441bdfcdfb13a2003df11942
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,76127.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,21919.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202381712.9%1Recorded
UNIDOS POR LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y LA VIDA1073ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202375611.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID222ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236189.7%1Recorded
RETO ES LA OPCION1014ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234937.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA RURAL INTERCULTURAL1384ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234867.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231893%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • LATACUNGA ALIANZA DEL TRIUNFO20.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA16.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS10.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO FE S FUERZA, ESPERANZA, SERVICIO9.8%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO8.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO ORGANIZACION PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA, OPCION8.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES7.4%
  • ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 67.3%
  • ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA COTOPAXENSE7.2%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO3.8%
Results for event-9ed4c90597f9207bce35b548
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LATACUNGA ALIANZA DEL TRIUNFO512ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,08220.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,11716.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,66910.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO FE S FUERZA, ESPERANZA, SERVICIO255ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,4289.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD PARA EL CAMBIO771ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,0938.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO ORGANIZACION PROGRESISTA CIUDADANA, OPCION74ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,0748.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,8407.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA AVANZA 8 - PSC 6506ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,8117.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDAD CIUDADANA COTOPAXENSE730ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,7947.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199523.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO AVANZA35.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS30.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK11.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO8.4%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO7.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA6.8%
Results for event-ab87fd9a02a67a404dfae291
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,21635.6%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20147,01130.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,63011.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,9438.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,7227.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,5676.8%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
2026-08-119,648
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": 3530,
  "cne_province": 5,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 9648,
  "electors_july": 9648,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-5-100-3530",
  "name": "SAN JUAN DE PASTOCALLE / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    590,
    686,
    687,
    688
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 29,
  "register_pdf_row": 44,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-PARISH-REGISTER",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION",
  "spending_limit_usd": 5788.8
}

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. “SAN JUAN DE PASTOCALLE / LATACUNGA / COTOPAXI — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-5-100-3530. 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.