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Office briefing

FLAVIO ALFARO / MANABÍ — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · FLAVIO ALFARO / MANABÍ / MANABÍ · municipal · MayorEC-M-13-230

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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
FLAVIO ALFARO / MANABÍ / MANABÍ
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-e80d602ab86dec200e55f56a
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

  • MANABITAMENTE42.5%
  • ALIANZA POR LA UNIDAD MANABITA30.6%
  • RC - SÍ PODEMOS, LISTAS 5-7220.2%
  • JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO4.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO VERDE, ÉTICO, REVOLUCIONARIO, DEMOCRÁTICO, (MOVER)1.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK0.5%
Results for event-92711d635df0973a7030715a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MANABITAMENTE · HUMBERTO BARREIRO1079ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,07342.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA UNIDAD MANABITA · ROMULO MONTALVO1041ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,81230.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RC - SÍ PODEMOS, LISTAS 5-72 · MERCEDES CEDEÑO1378ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,82420.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO · JOSE JAVIER MEJIA PALMA1032ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238284.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO VERDE, ÉTICO, REVOLUCIONARIO, DEMOCRÁTICO, (MOVER) · VICTOR ALAVA VERA186ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233431.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · CRISTHIAN PINO7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023960.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA POR LA UNIDAD MANABITA PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO LISTAS 6 - MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD PRIMERO LISTAS 6536.5%
  • ALIANZA CREO LISTA 21 - SI PODEMOS LISTA 7224.2%
  • FUERZA.EC21.7%
  • ALIANZA OPORTUNIDAD Y CAMBIO - MOVIMIENTO MEJOR LISTAS 100 - MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS LISTAS 35 - MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SI LISTAS 20 - MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO LISTAS 1 - PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANA LISTAS 1711.3%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA4.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO0.7%
  • ALIANZA POR EL DESARROLLO DE MANABI - MOVIMIENTO AVANZA LISTAS 8 - PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRATICA LISTAS 12 - MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL LISTA 11 - MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION CIVICA DE HOMBRE Y MUJERES POR LA ETICA EL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD MACHETE LISTAS 610.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP0.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION0.3%
Results for event-d2d9de5b641df0e1171a83fe
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR LA UNIDAD MANABITA PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO LISTAS 6 - MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD PRIMERO LISTAS 65 · JAMINTON INTRIAGO711ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,75436.5%1Recorded
ALIANZA CREO LISTA 21 - SI PODEMOS LISTA 72 · HUMBERTO BARREIRO673ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,47524.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC · GILBERT VILLAVICENCIO BARRETO146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,01321.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA OPORTUNIDAD Y CAMBIO - MOVIMIENTO MEJOR LISTAS 100 - MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS LISTAS 35 - MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SI LISTAS 20 - MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO LISTAS 1 - PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANA LISTAS 17 · EDUARDO CEDEÑO MENDOZA732ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,09711.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA · CESAR BRAVO CEDEÑO51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198044.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO · VICTOR ALAVA3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191240.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR EL DESARROLLO DE MANABI - MOVIMIENTO AVANZA LISTAS 8 - PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRATICA LISTAS 12 - MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL LISTA 11 - MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION CIVICA DE HOMBRE Y MUJERES POR LA ETICA EL TRABAJO Y LA EQUIDAD MACHETE LISTAS 61 · MARCO ANTONIO MUÑOZ803ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191010.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · ANGEL VARGAS235ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019740.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION · JONATHAN GALARZA18ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019490.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO AVANZA38.1%
  • PAIS - UNIDAD PRIMERO 35-6533.6%
  • ALIANZA CIVICA CIUDADANA27.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION CIVICA HUMANISTA POR LA ETICA EL TRABAJO I EQUIDAD0.6%
Results for event-f66b23b9cb133c921e16ae86
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO AVANZA · CEDEÑO MENDOZA RAMON EDUARDO6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,46838.1%1Recorded
PAIS - UNIDAD PRIMERO 35-65 · BARREIRO ALCIVAR GIL HUMBERTO13011ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,69733.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CIVICA CIUDADANA · INTRIAGO ALCIVAR JAMINTON ENRIQUE13010ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,72127.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE ACCION CIVICA HUMANISTA POR LA ETICA EL TRABAJO I EQUIDAD · SOZA SOSA JHONNY LEONEL13002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014940.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

43.50–100 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=11.915050590219227, oldest_gap=4.540636042402831, previous_gap=12.324914823427616

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=[[0,0,0.5059021922428331,0,0,0,99.49409780775716],null,[0,38.091872791519435,0,0,0,0,61.90812720848056]]

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=[[0,0,0.5059021922428331,0,0,0,99.49409780775716],null,[0,38.091872791519435,0,0,0,0,61.90812720848056]]

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=[[0,0,0.5059021922428331,0,0,0,99.49409780775716],null,[0,38.091872791519435,0,0,0,0,61.90812720848056]]

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
2026-08-1126,129
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
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  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 230,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 13,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 26129,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-13-230",
  "name": "FLAVIO ALFARO / MANABÍ",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    2440,
    2441,
    2451,
    2452,
    2453,
    2454,
    2455,
    2456,
    2639,
    2774,
    2775,
    2776,
    2787,
    2815,
    2816,
    2820,
    2822
  ],
  "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. “FLAVIO ALFARO / MANABÍ — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-13-230. 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.