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Office briefing

SAN FRANCISCO / MUISNE / ESMERALDAS — Parish board

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · SAN FRANCISCO / MUISNE / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS · other · Parish boardEC-J-8-570-3390

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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 FRANCISCO / MUISNE / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-92dbdf4cdc58acda4f57030a
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 CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO23.6%
  • UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA22.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO17.5%
  • MUISNE PRIMERO15.1%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR11.7%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA10.0%
Results for event-67d62db92c313fe2b6fe88dd
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202334123.6%1Recorded
UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA1270ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202331722%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202325317.5%1Recorded
MUISNE PRIMERO1393ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202321815.1%1Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202316911.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202314410%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ23.1%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR18.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES12.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA11.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO10.7%
  • ALIANZA VUELVE LA ESPERANZA9.6%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO4.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION2.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO REACTIVATE1.9%
  • ALIANZA PLURINACIONAL MUISNEÑA0.8%
  • FUERZA.EC0.7%
Results for event-b8dd19399b2adc72b34eb129
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,06723.1%2Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR143ecuador/Sed7b513864/201984118.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES22ecuador/Sed7b513864/201958612.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/201953511.6%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO219ecuador/Sed7b513864/201949610.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA VUELVE LA ESPERANZA532ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194459.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192044.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191703.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION18ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191152.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO REACTIVATE275ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019891.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA PLURINACIONAL MUISNEÑA530ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019350.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC146ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019330.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · candidate marks

  • PARTIDO AVANZA26.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS24.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"16.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK9.8%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO9.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO4.6%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO3.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA3.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO1.8%
Results for event-f8a9e718381191337e1dd020
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,12826.4%2Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,05024.6%2Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201472116.9%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144189.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143999.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141964.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141473.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141393.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014761.8%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
2026-08-112,323
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 570,
  "cne_parish": 3390,
  "cne_province": 8,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electorate_difference": 0,
  "electors_august": 2323,
  "electors_july": 2323,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-J-8-570-3390",
  "name": "SAN FRANCISCO / MUISNE / ESMERALDAS",
  "office": "Parish board",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1195,
    1227
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 32,
  "register_pdf_row": 17,
  "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. “SAN FRANCISCO / MUISNE / ESMERALDAS — Parish board.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-J-8-570-3390. 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.