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Office briefing

SAN FERNANDO / AZUAY — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · SAN FERNANDO / AZUAY / AZUAY · municipal · MayorEC-M-1-855

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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 FERNANDO / AZUAY / AZUAY
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-26efec1af163cfe54f269c4f
Registry qualification
Qualified in source register

2. How certain is that date?

2026-11-29 is 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 TODOS UNIDOS40.6%
  • SI SE PUEDE33.0%
  • AZUAY PRIMERO22.7%
  • AVANZAMOS PATRIÓTICAMENTE POR CUENCA Y EL AZUAY2.6%
  • AZUAY YA0.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO NUEVA GENERACIÓN0.3%
Results for event-4c45e0d7f4f8db91ee2f701a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO TODOS UNIDOS · MARIA AURELIA SARMIENTO261ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,21440.6%1Recorded
SI SE PUEDE · CLAUDIO LOJA1437ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202398633%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZUAY PRIMERO · SIXTO ENCALADA1063ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202367822.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANZAMOS PATRIÓTICAMENTE POR CUENCA Y EL AZUAY · ISABEL ASTUDILLO1312ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023792.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZUAY YA · ROSA UCHUPAILLA ULLAGUARI1115ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023230.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NUEVA GENERACIÓN · CARMEN LUCIA VILLA MONGE215ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202380.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA37.5%
  • ALIANZA JUNTOS POR EL FUTURO32.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO TODOS UNIDOS20.7%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA9.4%
Results for event-3120c60b79e2488f4ed6a408
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · CLAUDIO OMAR LOJA LOJA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,18937.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA JUNTOS POR EL FUTURO · SANDRO PESANTEZ556ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,02732.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO TODOS UNIDOS · FERNANDO QUITO254ecuador/Sed7b513864/201965720.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · MARIO SARMIENTO152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192989.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO25.0%
  • ALIANZA "PARTICIPA CON IGUALDAD" LISTAS 62-8223.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO19.2%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA17.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS15.1%
Results for event-4e677d48bed46e5cf8acfab5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO · PEÑA CALLE MARCO CECILIO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201470325%1Recorded
ALIANZA "PARTICIPA CON IGUALDAD" LISTAS 62-82 · PESANTEZ GAVILANES MILTON SANDRO1008ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201466123.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · QUITO MOSCOSO RUBEN FERNANDO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201454019.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · PEREZ VELASQUEZ FRANKLIN WILFRIDO6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201448417.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · LEON MONJE SONIA MARIBEL3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201442615.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

68.70–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=7.630522088353409, oldest_gap=1.4925373134328375, previous_gap=5.108798486281927

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,[0,0,0,0,0,37.49605802585935,62.50394197414065],[0,17.199715707178395,0,19.189765458422176,0,15.138592750533048,48.47192608386638]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.39percentage 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

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[null,[0,0,0,0,0,37.49605802585935,62.50394197414065],[0,17.199715707178395,0,19.189765458422176,0,15.138592750533048,48.47192608386638]]

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,[0,0,0,0,0,37.49605802585935,62.50394197414065],[0,17.199715707178395,0,19.189765458422176,0,15.138592750533048,48.47192608386638]]

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
2026-08-113,600
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 855,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 1,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 3600,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-1-855",
  "name": "SAN FERNANDO / AZUAY",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    245,
    246
  ],
  "record_type": "official_electoral_register",
  "register_pdf_page": 7,
  "register_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "snapshot": "2026-08-11",
  "source_id": "SA40-EC-DISTRIBUTION"
}

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 FERNANDO / AZUAY — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-1-855. 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.