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Office briefing

CALUMA / BOLÍVAR — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · CALUMA / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR · municipal · MayorEC-M-2-760

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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
CALUMA / BOLÍVAR / BOLÍVAR
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-786e33d066eba3d86f466bde
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 DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK45.1%
  • MINGA SUMA POR CALUMA33.7%
  • RENOVACION CALUMA9.9%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR8.7%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO1.2%
  • TODOS POR CALUMA1.0%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA0.5%
Results for event-81bb056c5aca04d692924f9e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · JHERSON NARVAEZ7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,32845.1%1Recorded
MINGA SUMA POR CALUMA · LUIS MONAR VILLEGAS1111ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,98033.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
RENOVACION CALUMA · LEON GAROFALO CHAVEZ1281ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,1729.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR · FABRICIO YANZA231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,0248.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO · JORGE VELASCO34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231371.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS POR CALUMA · DOLORES GUILLEN1151ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231181%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · NERY MENDOZA HERNANDEZ117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023630.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE36.9%
  • FUERZA.EC25.5%
  • TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR15.4%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA5.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ4.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO TODOS POR EL CAMBIO4.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA1.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS0.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION0.4%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE0.2%
Results for event-d66a3cca7130e0f137f3a7e1
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POR LA INTEGRACIÓN BOLIVARENSE · ANGEL UFREDO SUAREZ GARCIA501ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,07036.9%1Recorded
FUERZA.EC · RUPERTO NARVAEZ MENDOZA146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,82025.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TIEMPO DE CONSTRUIR · HUGO ARIAS548ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,69915.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · MAURO TOAPANTA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196345.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · DANNY AVEROS198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195424.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO TODOS POR EL CAMBIO · MIGUEL MALDONADO BRAVO230ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194724.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · ANGEL PACHALA235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194624.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · JUAN VELASTEGUI13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192091.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS · POMERIO GAROFALO MENDOZA142ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019640.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION · MOISES CARRERA18ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019410.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · CLAUDIA SANCHEZ SANCHEZ158ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019250.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL38.7%
  • ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE24.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK12.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA11.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO8.8%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA4.5%
Results for event-71df5687c0a04f9817e0b8d2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL · PACHALA LLUMIGUANO SEGUNDO ANGEL9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,76138.7%1Recorded
ALIANZA INTEGRACION BOLIVARENSE · BAÑOS ROJAS MESIAS LORENZO2004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,37724.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · GAROFALO CHAVEZ LEON ARTURO5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,20412.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA · NARANJO BORJA MAGNO GERMAN13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,08311.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · MENDOZA HERNANDEZ NERY DE LA CARIDAD8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148608.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · FIERRO OLALLA RUTH MARIA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144404.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

41.690–100 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=11.402469971240059, oldest_gap=14.231362467866326, previous_gap=11.324515310744701

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.07percentage 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=[[0,0,45.06851632549484,0,0,0,54.93148367450516],[0,0,0,0,0,1.893458959956514,98.1065410400435],[0,4.5244215938303345,12.380462724935732,8.84318766066838,11.136246786632391,0,63.11568123393317]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.88percentage 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=[[0,0,45.06851632549484,0,0,0,54.93148367450516],[0,0,0,0,0,1.893458959956514,98.1065410400435],[0,4.5244215938303345,12.380462724935732,8.84318766066838,11.136246786632391,0,63.11568123393317]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.98percentage 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=[[0,0,45.06851632549484,0,0,0,54.93148367450516],[0,0,0,0,0,1.893458959956514,98.1065410400435],[0,4.5244215938303345,12.380462724935732,8.84318766066838,11.136246786632391,0,63.11568123393317]]

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
2026-08-1115,241
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 760,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 2,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 15241,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-2-760",
  "name": "CALUMA / BOLÍVAR",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    283,
    285,
    300,
    301,
    302,
    350
  ],
  "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. “CALUMA / BOLÍVAR — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-2-760. 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.