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Office briefing

SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR · municipal · MayorEC-M-2-175

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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
SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-bece49f43c7246cb9e4adc1c
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

  • ALIANZA JUNTOS POR BOLIVAR42.6%
  • FRENTE DE UNIDAD EN DEMOCRACIA SI35.6%
  • ALIANZA ENCONTREMONOS POR BOLIVAR6.0%
  • JUSTICIA SOCIAL POR SAN MIGUEL5.2%
  • RENOVACION AGRARIOS SAN MIGUEL4.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO3.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA3.0%
Results for event-41842710775a8583a40a0cba
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA JUNTOS POR BOLIVAR · VINICIO COLOMA1125ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,28042.6%1Recorded
FRENTE DE UNIDAD EN DEMOCRACIA SI · MARCELO DE MORA1322ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,92035.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA ENCONTREMONOS POR BOLIVAR · RAFAEL BARZALLO1084ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,1646%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUSTICIA SOCIAL POR SAN MIGUEL · STALIN CARRASCO VALAREZO1183ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,0195.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACION AGRARIOS SAN MIGUEL · SIMON YANEZ1391ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238924.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO · TAMARA GAIBOR34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235993.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · RILO ABRIL207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235813%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE36.0%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO23.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL, MAIS19.2%
  • TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR14.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ4.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA2.8%
Results for event-bf44c9bd48d5d06ab08761a1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE · STALIN CARRASCO501ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,80836%1Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · RAFAEL BARZALLO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,36623.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL, MAIS · LEONIDAS SIMON YANEZ OLALLA38ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,63619.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR · RAUL JACOME548ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,74914.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · CESAR AUGUSTO MONCAYO NARANJO198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198294.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · LIBERTY BALLADARES PAZMIÑO13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195392.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL35.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA29.2%
  • ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE17.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO17.7%
Results for event-f9967d2c940c00bbadf3ee38
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO DE INTEGRACIÓN SAN MIGUEL · YANEZ OLALLA LEONIDAS SIMON2003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146,31735.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA · DE MORA MONCAYO LUIS MARCELO13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,26029.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE · FLORES SOLANO ANTONIO GUILLERMO2004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,22517.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · CARRASCO VALAREZO HERBART STALIN8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,18117.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

56.740–100 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=6.9904908763813935, oldest_gap=5.8777734527053305, previous_gap=12.902203201775244

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,[0,0,0,0,0,2.847783589581022,97.15221641041897],[0,0,0,17.688928432408385,29.249847077795696,0,53.06122448979592]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.94percentage 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,[0,0,0,0,0,2.847783589581022,97.15221641041897],[0,0,0,17.688928432408385,29.249847077795696,0,53.06122448979592]]

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,[0,0,0,0,0,2.847783589581022,97.15221641041897],[0,0,0,17.688928432408385,29.249847077795696,0,53.06122448979592]]

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
2026-08-1127,162
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 175,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 2,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 27162,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-2-175",
  "name": "SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    286,
    287,
    294,
    315,
    334,
    335,
    336,
    337,
    338,
    339,
    340,
    349,
    353,
    360,
    369
  ],
  "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. “SAN MIGUEL / BOLÍVAR — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-2-175. 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.