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LOJA / LOJA — Mayor
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Ecuador · LOJA / LOJA / LOJA · municipal · MayorEC-M-11-300
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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
- LOJA / LOJA / LOJA
- Next election
- 2026-11-29
- Linked upcoming event
- next-ad584fd75cc7eb76ffe1b4c7
- 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 SOLIDEZ, ESPERANZA Y RESPETO SER29.2%
- MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD, ARE15.2%
- MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA15.1%
- POR LOJA12.9%
- MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO6.5%
- JUNTOS POR LOJA6.2%
- MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA4.0%
- SOMOS EL CAMBIO3.1%
- EL RETO ES LOJA2.4%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO1.7%
- MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ1.6%
- PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA0.8%
- MOVIMIENTO PROGRESA0.6%
- PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO0.4%
- MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID0.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO SOLIDEZ, ESPERANZA Y RESPETO SER · FRANCO QUEZADA | 127ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 42,125 | 29.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD, ARE · JOSE BOLIVAR CASTILLO VIVANCO | 33ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 21,895 | 15.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN DEMOCRÁTICA · PATRICIO VALDIVIESO | 114ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 21,770 | 15.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| POR LOJA · CESAR AUGUSTO GUERRERO CUEVA | 1244ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 18,583 | 12.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO · JORGE VICENTE REYES JARAMILLO | 124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 9,318 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR LOJA · NIXON GRANDA | 1129ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 8,940 | 6.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · JUAN CARLOS TORRES | 207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 5,714 | 4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SOMOS EL CAMBIO · CARLOS ESCUDERO | 1442ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 4,533 | 3.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| EL RETO ES LOJA · PAUL CUEVA | 1074ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 3,460 | 2.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · FREDY OSWALDO ALTAMIRANO ARIAS | 39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 2,388 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · BRYAN CANGO PICOITA | 157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 2,279 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · VANESSA VINCES | 117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,097 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO PROGRESA · FERNANDO AYALA | 161ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 901 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO · JONATHAN CALVA | 34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 558 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO PUEBLO IGUALDAD DEMOCRACIA PID · LIGIA RODRIGUEZ | 222ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 480 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-03-24
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- ALIANZA LOJA PARA TODOS31.9%
- MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ18.3%
- MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION REGIONAL DE EQUIDAD, ARE12.8%
- ALIANZA LOJA PROGRESA10.9%
- MOVIMIENTO RENOVACION DEMOCRATICA9.1%
- ALIANZA ÚNETE AL CAMBIO8.9%
- ALIANZA POR UNA LOJA DE OPORTUNIDADES6.5%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANAM, APLA0.9%
- PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO0.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIANZA LOJA PARA TODOS · JORGE BAILON | 566ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 46,224 | 31.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · FRANCO QUEZADA | 198ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 26,496 | 18.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION REGIONAL DE EQUIDAD, ARE · JOSE BOLIVAR CASTILLO VIVANCO | 2ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 18,491 | 12.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA LOJA PROGRESA · NIVEA VELEZ | 652ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 15,735 | 10.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO RENOVACION DEMOCRATICA · PATRICIO VALDIVIESO ESPINOSA | 177ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 13,196 | 9.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA ÚNETE AL CAMBIO · JAIME VILLAVICENCIO FREIRE | 635ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 12,860 | 8.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA POR UNA LOJA DE OPORTUNIDADES · CLAUDIO EGUIGUREN | 762ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 9,390 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANAM, APLA · RODRIGO VIVAR BERMEO | 23ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,348 | 0.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO · RAUL MIRANDA | 3ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,048 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2014-02-23
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD30.3%
- ALIANZA CAMINO AL PROGRESO26.9%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANA21.5%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS12.8%
- ALIANZA UNIDOS POR LOJA SUMAMOS6.6%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO2.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO ACCION REGIONAL POR LA EQUIDAD · CASTILLO VIVANCO JOSE BOLIVAR | 11001ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 40,584 | 30.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA CAMINO AL PROGRESO · VILLAVICENCIO FREIRE JAIME FABIAN | 11012ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 36,123 | 26.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA POPULAR LATINOAMERICANA · BAILON ABAD JORGE ARTURO | 11005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 28,770 | 21.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · TORRES PAZ MARCELO VINICIO | 3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 17,136 | 12.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA UNIDOS POR LOJA SUMAMOS · ARROBO RODRIGUEZ PAULO CESAR | 11017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 8,839 | 6.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO · ALTAMIRANO ARIAS FREDY OSWALDO | 10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 2,656 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI35.760–100 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=14.044612297887408, oldest_gap=3.3264234795836174, previous_gap=13.62543857225737
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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,[0,0,0,0,0,12.777761207385092,87.2222387926149]]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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,[0,0,0,0,0,12.777761207385092,87.2222387926149]]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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,[0,0,0,0,0,12.777761207385092,87.2222387926149]]
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.
| As of | Electors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 196,940 | Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.{
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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
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-electorales-2023/?wpdmdl=39834 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019/?wpdmdl=20971 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-a-nivel-parroquial-2014/?wpdmdl=21133 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/distributivos-de-electores-2027/ · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2023.zip · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2023.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2019.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2014.sav · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2014.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE 2027 precinct and electorate distribution, cutoff 11 August 2026 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE resolution PLE-CNE-1-31-7-2026: ordinary election call for 29 November 2026 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “LOJA / LOJA — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-11-300. 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.