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Office briefing

BIBLIÁN / CAÑAR — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · BIBLIÁN / CAÑAR / CAÑAR · municipal · MayorEC-M-3-245

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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
BIBLIÁN / CAÑAR / CAÑAR
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-f09116e0eb22719f1f816c7b
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 PACHAKUTIK35.1%
  • CAÑAR RENACE CONTIGO32.8%
  • CAÑAR EMPRENDE 5-1732.1%
Results for event-252c5bd32c69cdbfd1995e40
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · ZOILA AMELIA IDROVO MARTINEZ7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,83335.1%1Recorded
CAÑAR RENACE CONTIGO · FERNANDO TELLO1190ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,57532.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAÑAR EMPRENDE 5-17 · MIGUEL ZHINDON1306ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,50232.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ32.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO30.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES27.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK9.7%
Results for event-8390c00f67da0c25e103276b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · GUILLERMO ESPINOZA SANCHEZ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,92332.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · BOLIVAR MONTERO ZEA1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,67830.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · JHONNY FERNANDO TELLO OCHOA22ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,40427.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · FRANCISCO VICUÑA12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,1879.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK48.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS18.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO14.2%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA13.0%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO5.1%
Results for event-ed4c3c9fe7c09effe0b38e29
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · ESPINOZA SANCHEZ GUILLERMO MANUEL5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,47248.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · AVILA GONZALEZ GABRIEL FERNANDO3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142,11418.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · TERAN BRAVO ANTONIO JOSELITO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,59014.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · ZHINDON ESPINOZA MIGUEL ANGEL6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,45213%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · YAURI REMACHE JOSE HUMBERTO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145755.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

74.90–100 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=2.36480293308891, oldest_gap=29.974114076586627, previous_gap=2.0095144356955394

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

58.09percentage 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=[[0,0,35.13290559120073,0,0,0,64.86709440879926],[30.16732283464567,0,9.735892388451443,27.91994750656168,0,0,32.17683727034121],[0,12.960814067660449,48.84405962688565,14.192626974917433,0,18.869945550299025,5.132553780237436]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

70.94percentage 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=[[0,0,35.13290559120073,0,0,0,64.86709440879926],[30.16732283464567,0,9.735892388451443,27.91994750656168,0,0,32.17683727034121],[0,12.960814067660449,48.84405962688565,14.192626974917433,0,18.869945550299025,5.132553780237436]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

64.51percentage 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=[[0,0,35.13290559120073,0,0,0,64.86709440879926],[30.16732283464567,0,9.735892388451443,27.91994750656168,0,0,32.17683727034121],[0,12.960814067660449,48.84405962688565,14.192626974917433,0,18.869945550299025,5.132553780237436]]

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
2026-08-1116,794
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 245,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 3,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 16794,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-3-245",
  "name": "BIBLIÁN / CAÑAR",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    438,
    439,
    440,
    441,
    442,
    443,
    444,
    445,
    486,
    487,
    488,
    489
  ],
  "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. “BIBLIÁN / CAÑAR — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-3-245. 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.