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Office briefing

YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE · municipal · MayorEC-M-19-670

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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
YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-ea5749617296a14be8d79069
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 RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO30.0%
  • COMPROMISO Y PROGRESO27.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO23.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA8.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO4.4%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA1.5%
Results for event-2b0087a2af4aec81d9fe3746
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO · MARIA LALANGUI226ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,10830%1Recorded
COMPROMISO Y PROGRESO · MANUEL VALDIVIESO OJEDA1081ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,71127.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO · BENITO ERALDO SUQUISUPA RAMON124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,19023.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · CARLOS CHAMBA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,1188.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · XIMENA MORENO7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20237655.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · MARCO GILBERTO ROMERO TOLEDO32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236074.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · JACKSON GUAILLAS42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232031.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK32.7%
  • ALIANZA JUNTOS PODEMOS YANTZAZA26.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES23.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO14.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP2.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL0.8%
Results for event-4e466247e2319aac9eb2a021
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · MARTIN JIMENEZ12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,17932.7%1Recorded
ALIANZA JUNTOS PODEMOS YANTZAZA · MANUEL VALDIVIESO620ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,33026.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · MARIA LALANGUI CABRERA22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,97823.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · BENITO SUQUISUPA8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,83214.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · JUAN CARLOS TAPIA AGUIRRE235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193652.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL · JUAN SALTO170ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019960.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO CREO41.2%
  • ALIANZA POR LA REIVINDICACIÓN DE ZAMORA CHINCHIPE22.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"16.1%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA13.7%
  • UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL DE LAS IZQUIERDAS PACHAKUTIK-MPD5.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA1.6%
Results for event-5cf899af7f25452d178e2d68
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO CREO · ARMIJOS VIVANCO BLADIMIR GONZALO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,61041.2%1Recorded
ALIANZA POR LA REIVINDICACIÓN DE ZAMORA CHINCHIPE · SUQUISUPA RAMON BENITO ERALDO19009ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,47122.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO" · VALDIVIESO OJEDA MANUEL ALFONSO4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,80416.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · ERREYES QUEZADA ANGEL POLIBIO6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,53113.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL DE LAS IZQUIERDAS PACHAKUTIK-MPD · SALINAS CUEVA MARIA ERMITA19005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145985.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA · AGUILAR SANCHEZ JULIO RICARDO13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141821.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

71.790–100 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=2.8973872427382865, oldest_gap=19.105037513397644, previous_gap=6.643192488262912

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.42percentage 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

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[4.430010217486498,0,5.583126550868486,0,0,0,89.98686323164502],[0,0,32.69953051643193,23.302034428794993,0,0,43.99843505477308],[0,13.674526616648803,0,41.17541979278314,1.625580564487317,0,43.52447302608074]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

33.17percentage 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=[[4.430010217486498,0,5.583126550868486,0,0,0,89.98686323164502],[0,0,32.69953051643193,23.302034428794993,0,0,43.99843505477308],[0,13.674526616648803,0,41.17541979278314,1.625580564487317,0,43.52447302608074]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.8percentage 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

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[4.430010217486498,0,5.583126550868486,0,0,0,89.98686323164502],[0,0,32.69953051643193,23.302034428794993,0,0,43.99843505477308],[0,13.674526616648803,0,41.17541979278314,1.625580564487317,0,43.52447302608074]]

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
2026-08-1119,846
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 670,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 19,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 19846,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-19-670",
  "name": "YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    3917,
    3918,
    3919,
    3920,
    3921,
    3922,
    3923,
    3924,
    3925,
    3926,
    3927,
    3928
  ],
  "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. “YANZATZA / ZAMORA CHINCHIPE — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-19-670. 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.