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Office briefing

CATAMAYO / LOJA — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · CATAMAYO / LOJA / LOJA · municipal · MayorEC-M-11-290

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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
CATAMAYO / LOJA / LOJA
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-525f1bd7281230770a724fa0
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

  • UNIDOS POR CATAMAYO43.1%
  • ALIANZA POR CATAMAYO28.3%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA13.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO12.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA2.1%
  • SOMOS EL CAMBIO0.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO0.4%
Results for event-a37c0cb61d091364cd8c7ad8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS POR CATAMAYO · JANET GUERRERO LUZURIAGA1334ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,33943.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR CATAMAYO · ARMANDO FIGUEROA1214ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,13328.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · NORA ARIAS117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,84013.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO · MARCO SALINAS MERINO226ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,73912.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · ANDREA MARTINEZ VALDIVIEZO207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234542.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SOMOS EL CAMBIO · ALICIA YAGUANA1442ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023880.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO · LUIS FELIPE ORTEGA SILVA124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023810.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA CATAMAYO PROGRESA31.3%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS POR CATAMAYO30.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO15.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANAM, APLA7.7%
  • ALIANZA JUNTOS SI PODEMOS7.0%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA6.4%
  • FUERZA.EC1.5%
Results for event-054aa51ab636adb3b6f92255
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA CATAMAYO PROGRESA · ARMANDO FIGUEROA765ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,52731.3%1Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR CATAMAYO · JANET GUERRERO665ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,35030.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · PAOLO VALAREZO1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,26615.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANAM, APLA · HERNAN AGILA PALACIOS23ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5957.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA JUNTOS SI PODEMOS · ROMMEL DURAN PAUTE763ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,4507%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · CESAR PAUL TORRES FLORES152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,3426.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC · CLODOVEO CHAMBA ALBITO146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193031.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANA35.8%
  • ALIANZA CAMINO AL PROGRESO32.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS32.1%
Results for event-760a2b68230b2a753c873dba
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANA · GUERRERO LUZURIAGA JANET DEL CISNE11005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,69535.8%1Recorded
ALIANZA CAMINO AL PROGRESO · FIGUEROA AGURTO GILBERT ARMANDO11012ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,00132.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · SALINAS MERINO MARCO VINICIO3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,00032.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

52.490–100 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=14.79191658207991, oldest_gap=3.7120239623448867, previous_gap=0.8496135938175016

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,[15.677050832813325,0,0,0,0,0,84.32294916718668],[0,0,0,0,0,32.09242618741977,67.90757381258022]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.09percentage 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,[15.677050832813325,0,0,0,0,0,84.32294916718668],[0,0,0,0,0,32.09242618741977,67.90757381258022]]

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,[15.677050832813325,0,0,0,0,0,84.32294916718668],[0,0,0,0,0,32.09242618741977,67.90757381258022]]

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
2026-08-1128,137
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 290,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 11,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 28137,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-11-290",
  "name": "CATAMAYO / LOJA",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2069,
    2151,
    2158,
    2159,
    2160,
    2161,
    2162,
    2163,
    2164,
    2165,
    2166
  ],
  "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. “CATAMAYO / LOJA — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-11-290. 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.