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BELLAMARÍA / BALSAS / EL ORO — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · BELLAMARÍA / BALSAS / EL ORO / EL ORO · other · Parish boardEC-J-7-875-1975

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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
BELLAMARÍA / BALSAS / EL ORO / EL ORO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-198eb6febde391963fd6f1f3
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 SOMOS IGUALDAD, IMPULSO E INTEGRACIÓN SIII64.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUR UNIDO REGIONAL, S.U.R.35.6%
Results for event-0993bf8839a32339ef241315
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO SOMOS IGUALDAD, IMPULSO E INTEGRACIÓN SIII170ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202348264.4%3Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUR UNIDO REGIONAL, S.U.R.147ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202326635.6%2Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO AUTONÓMICO REGIONAL, MAR26.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ23.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOMOS IGUALDAD, IMPULSO E INTEGRACIÓN SIII22.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA BALSENSE14.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO6.9%
  • POR EL PROGRESO DEL CANTON6.5%
Results for event-143dd31af584fc376b0232e8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO AUTONÓMICO REGIONAL, MAR4ecuador/Sed7b513864/201964026.7%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/201955023%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOMOS IGUALDAD, IMPULSO E INTEGRACIÓN SIII197ecuador/Sed7b513864/201953822.5%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA BALSENSE196ecuador/Sed7b513864/201934614.5%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191646.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
POR EL PROGRESO DEL CANTON745ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191566.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • ALIANZA PAIS-MAR29.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO29.1%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA16.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO14.2%
  • ALIANZA SUMA - PSC11.1%
Results for event-8e5413e44543fa07dfc7a87a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA PAIS-MAR7007ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201455029.5%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201454229.1%2Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201430216.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201426414.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA SUMA - PSC7010ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201420611.1%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
2026-08-11994
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 875,
  "cne_parish": 1975,
  "cne_province": 7,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 994,
  "electors_july": 994,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-7-875-1975",
  "name": "BELLAMARÍA / BALSAS / EL ORO",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1063
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 30,
  "register_pdf_row": 33,
  "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. “BELLAMARÍA / BALSAS / EL ORO — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-7-875-1975. 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.