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SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA — Mayor
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Ecuador · SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA · municipal · MayorEC-M-24-410
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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
- SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA
- Next election
- 2026-11-29
- Linked upcoming event
- next-4c7a74fe143bbfe8e1841349
- 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
- REVOLUCIÓN PENINSULAR32.6%
- ALIANZA ÚNETE.SE22.3%
- PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA21.7%
- FRENTE RESCATE CIUDADANO9.9%
- ALIANZA ID-FLC9.7%
- SOMOS ENCUENTRO POSITIVO 65-69-211.6%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO1.5%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVOLUCIÓN PENINSULAR · MARIA DEL CARMEN AQUINO | 1259ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 31,934 | 32.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA ÚNETE.SE · ANDRES AGUILAR | 1301ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 21,845 | 22.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · GINO GONZALEZ BARZOLA | 42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 21,271 | 21.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FRENTE RESCATE CIUDADANO · GONZALO MENOSCAL ALDAS | 1219ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 9,682 | 9.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA ID-FLC · DIONICIO GONZABAY | 1207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 9,552 | 9.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SOMOS ENCUENTRO POSITIVO 65-69-21 · MIREYA VELEZ ZAMORA | 1146ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,546 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · JIMMY CANDELL RUBIRA | 32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 1,478 | 1.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · FERNANDO ELVIS RODRIGUEZ | 39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 695 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-03-24
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE29.8%
- MOVIMIENTO POLITICO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA24.0%
- ALIANZA LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO LISTA 9 - MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD LISTA 10615.0%
- MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL6.0%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES5.1%
- MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL PENINSULA POSITIVA3.7%
- MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ3.4%
- MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL ÚNETE3.1%
- IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA2.0%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA1.8%
- ALIANZA UNIDOS SOMOS UNO1.4%
- UNIDAD POPULAR0.8%
- MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL0.6%
- UNION ECUATORIANA0.6%
- PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE0.6%
- PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA0.6%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.5%
- FUERZA.EC0.4%
- MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION0.4%
- MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA0.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE · OTTO VERA | 31ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 26,710 | 29.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POLITICO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA · MARIA DEL CARMEN AQUINO | 36ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 21,486 | 24% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO LISTA 9 - MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD LISTA 106 · VICENTE PESANTES | 667ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 13,404 | 15% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL · DAVID ENRIQUE LAINEZ CHECA | 148ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 5,354 | 6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · FULTON EDULFO ANCHUNDIA | 22ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 4,583 | 5.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL PENINSULA POSITIVA · MARY SANCHEZ | 214ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 3,351 | 3.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · OSWALDO EDGAR ORRALA MUÑOZ | 198ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 3,011 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL ÚNETE · JULIO ORRALA | 201ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 2,816 | 3.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · LETICIA ROSALES VELARDE | 152ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,777 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · ENRIQUE ROSALES ORTEGA | 13ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,595 | 1.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA UNIDOS SOMOS UNO · PAUL SOTO | 772ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,248 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDAD POPULAR · DORIS ROJAS GAVILANEZ | 143ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 674 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL · RONNY ALEXANDER REYES VERA | 170ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 562 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION ECUATORIANA · LUIS ALBERTO SUAREZ SUAREZ | 51ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 560 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · ERWIN WILLIAM YAGUAL GONZALEZ | 158ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 527 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA · EFRAIN REYES VILLAO | 25ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 517 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · PABLO JAVIER CEDEÑO ZAMBRANO | 8ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 465 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FUERZA.EC · JUAN SEGUNDO REYES PITA | 146ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 373 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION · ALBERTO AVELINO PANCHANA PALMA | 18ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 344 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA · JORGE SALCEDO LECARO | 37ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 283 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2014-02-23
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- MOVIMIENTO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA52.6%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAÍS LISTA NO. 35 Y MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE LISTA NO. 6140.3%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO2.8%
- PARTIDO AVANZA2.5%
- MOVIMIENTO SUMA1.3%
- PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO0.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA · GONZABAY SALINAS DIONICIO ROMAN | 24003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 44,951 | 52.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAÍS LISTA NO. 35 Y MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE LISTA NO. 61 · VERA PALACIOS OTTO SANTIAGO | 24011ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 34,461 | 40.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO · DOMENECH BERNABE ROBINSON ANIBAL | 8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 2,403 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO AVANZA · FERNANDEZ LEON DIANA MARIUXI | 6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 2,138 | 2.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO SUMA · MALAVE LINO LOURDES FLORENCIA | 13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 1,152 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO · SANTOS ARAGON ERWING MAXVELL | 1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 408 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI54.240–100 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=10.294582818893296, oldest_gap=12.267140668670265, previous_gap=5.827755466309682
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility7.21percentage 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=[[1.5081170984561698,0,0,0,0,0,98.49188290154382],[0,0,0,5.112672913877733,0.31570727353859884,1.7793395805444,92.79228023203927],[0,2.5002046472466173,0,2.8100990492673628,1.3471635891618818,0,93.34253271432414]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility4.08percentage 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=[[1.5081170984561698,0,0,0,0,0,98.49188290154382],[0,0,0,5.112672913877733,0.31570727353859884,1.7793395805444,92.79228023203927],[0,2.5002046472466173,0,2.8100990492673628,1.3471635891618818,0,93.34253271432414]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility5.64percentage 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=[[1.5081170984561698,0,0,0,0,0,98.49188290154382],[0,0,0,5.112672913877733,0.31570727353859884,1.7793395805444,92.79228023203927],[0,2.5002046472466173,0,2.8100990492673628,1.3471635891618818,0,93.34253271432414]]
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.
| As of | Electors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 136,991 | Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.{
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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
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-electorales-2023/?wpdmdl=39834 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019/?wpdmdl=20971 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/download/resultados-a-nivel-parroquial-2014/?wpdmdl=21133 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: https://www.cne.gob.ec/distributivos-de-electores-2027/ · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2023.zip · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2023.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_resultados-dignidad-vocales-de-juntas-parroquiales-2019.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2019.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ecuador_2014.sav · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE Ecuador — ec_candidatos-2014.dat · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE 2027 precinct and electorate distribution, cutoff 11 August 2026 · rights unknown
- Ecuador: CNE resolution PLE-CNE-1-31-7-2026: ordinary election call for 29 November 2026 · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-24-410. 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.