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Office briefing

EL CHACO / NAPO — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · EL CHACO / NAPO / NAPO · municipal · MayorEC-M-15-255

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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
EL CHACO / NAPO / NAPO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-bfb8e86d0e03ff626d78f3ef
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

  • MINGA POR EL CHACO49.1%
  • ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA28.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK15.2%
  • DEMOCRACIA Y REVOLUCIÓN5.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO0.9%
Results for event-a4eed9917a30a3dbdce84ab8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MINGA POR EL CHACO · OSCAR DE LA CRUZ1421ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,21549.1%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA DEMOCRACIA · ARCENIO DIAZ1043ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,88628.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · TERESA FAJARDO7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202399715.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
DEMOCRACIA Y REVOLUCIÓN · RAMIRO PEREZ1295ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233885.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · MAYURI GILER32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023600.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA MINGA POR EL CHACO51.7%
  • ALIANZA ANTISUYO19.1%
  • ALIANZA CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO - CREO17.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO12.1%
Results for event-fa8486290ab8ecf5dcb499fa
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA MINGA POR EL CHACO · JAVIER CHAVEZ528ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,17951.7%1Recorded
ALIANZA ANTISUYO · WILSON AMABLE ALQUINGA ANGO597ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,17319.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO - CREO · MARCOS IVAN CAHUATIJO CHACON610ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,04917.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO · MILTON FALCON3ecuador/Sed7b513864/201974412.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"53.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS46.8%
Results for event-d3fb77e87eb3e465e7c37010
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO" · GARCIA DUVAL HERNAN4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,97953.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · CHAVEZ VEGA ALVARO JAVIER3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,61746.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=20.302474793767182, oldest_gap=6.468906361686919, previous_gap=32.64442636289666

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=[[0.916590284142988,0,15.230675221509319,0,0,0,83.85273449434769],null,[0,0,0,0,0,46.76554681915654,53.23445318084346]]

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=[[0.916590284142988,0,15.230675221509319,0,0,0,83.85273449434769],null,[0,0,0,0,0,46.76554681915654,53.23445318084346]]

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=[[0.916590284142988,0,15.230675221509319,0,0,0,83.85273449434769],null,[0,0,0,0,0,46.76554681915654,53.23445318084346]]

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
2026-08-118,013
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 255,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 15,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 8013,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-15-255",
  "name": "EL CHACO / NAPO",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    3029,
    3038,
    3039,
    3040,
    3041,
    3042,
    3043,
    3044,
    3045,
    3046,
    3101
  ],
  "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. “EL CHACO / NAPO — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-15-255. 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.