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Office briefing

GUANO / CHIMBORAZO — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · GUANO / CHIMBORAZO / CHIMBORAZO · municipal · MayorEC-M-6-200

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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
GUANO / CHIMBORAZO / CHIMBORAZO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-47d6afe4af056eaae8edf740
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

  • CONSTRUIMOS CONTIGO33.2%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA19.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO17.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO AMAUTA YUYAY17.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO3.1%
  • ALIANZA 5-161.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES0.8%
  • VECINOS EN ACCIÓN0.8%
  • SER0.6%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO0.6%
Results for event-c90ad6ac83a7bc5f4b7e7edf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CONSTRUIMOS CONTIGO · OSWALDO ESTRADA1275ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,36633.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · GUILLERMO LEMA YANZA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,35619%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO · RAUL VINICIO CABRERA ESCOBAR123ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,95317.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO AMAUTA YUYAY · ALFONSO VILLARROEL16ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,91817.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · DARWIN VIZUETE7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,5805.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · MARCELO MORENO DACTO39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238783.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA 5-16 · EVELYN LEMA1315ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233471.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · MEDARDO ESTRADA PANCHO99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232310.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VECINOS EN ACCIÓN · OSWALDO FABIAN DOMINGUEZ1291ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232220.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SER · GONZALO ALARCON VIZUETE1371ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231800.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIO · MEDARDO MALDONADO ORTEGA1068ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231640.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA CÓDIGO DE LA UNIDAD32.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO INTERCULTURAL DE GENTE ACTIVA (MINGA)29.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLITICO AMAUTA YUYAY20.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK5.1%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS POR GUANO3.2%
  • ALIANZA GUANO SE TRANSORMA2.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO2.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO COALICION DE LOS COMUNES1.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP1.6%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE1.0%
Results for event-ce2e14c89efc5495e3422ea3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA CÓDIGO DE LA UNIDAD · RAUL CABRERA577ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199,07932.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INTERCULTURAL DE GENTE ACTIVA (MINGA) · OSWALDO ESTRADA206ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,20929.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLITICO AMAUTA YUYAY · MIGUEL ANGEL ACAN LLUAY15ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,80420.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · MIGUEL AYALA12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,4515.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR GUANO · EDGAR ALARCON PANCHO728ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198943.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA GUANO SE TRANSORMA · MANUEL ALBERTO BARRENO AYALA687ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198142.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO PROVINCIAL CAMBIO · GERARDO MARTINEZ144ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196612.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO COALICION DE LOS COMUNES · KELLY GAROFALO YUNDA247ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195391.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · JULIO VIZUETE235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194431.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · LUIS PADILLA158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192811%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA 35-18 CHIMBORAZO43.7%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA18.0%
  • ALIANZA "UNIDOS POR CHIMBORAZO"15.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMAUTA YUYAY14.8%
  • ALIANZA UNIDOS POR EL CAMBIO4.4%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2.1%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL1.4%
Results for event-0828ab16e7f4c098d5639e27
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA 35-18 CHIMBORAZO · ESTRADA AVILES OSWALDO VINICIO6009ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,09943.7%1Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · ALARCON PANCHO EDGAR EDUARDO6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,57518%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA "UNIDOS POR CHIMBORAZO" · JARAMILLO GONZALEZ JORGE ANTONIO6005ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,99115.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMAUTA YUYAY · ACAN LLUAY MIGUEL ANGEL6002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,76314.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA UNIDOS POR EL CAMBIO · SILVA SILVA WASHINGTON ANTONIO6011ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,1154.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · SAMPEDRO BARRAGAN AUGUSTO EDISON2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145312.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL · SOLORZANO AVILES FAUSTO EDUARDO9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143521.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

39.870–100 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=14.222379854584148, oldest_gap=25.65877448281287, previous_gap=3.0878438331854525

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

1.27percentage 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=[[0,0,5.603830466394751,0.8192942010994857,0,0,93.57687533250575],[0,0,5.149955634427684,0,0,0,94.85004436557233],[0,17.993392590261937,0,0,0,0,82.00660740973807]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.99percentage 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=[[0,0,5.603830466394751,0.8192942010994857,0,0,93.57687533250575],[0,0,5.149955634427684,0,0,0,94.85004436557233],[0,17.993392590261937,0,0,0,0,82.00660740973807]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

9.63percentage 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=[[0,0,5.603830466394751,0.8192942010994857,0,0,93.57687533250575],[0,0,5.149955634427684,0,0,0,94.85004436557233],[0,17.993392590261937,0,0,0,0,82.00660740973807]]

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
2026-08-1138,564
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
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  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 200,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 6,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 38564,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-6-200",
  "name": "GUANO / CHIMBORAZO",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    729,
    730,
    731,
    732,
    733,
    734,
    735,
    736,
    737,
    738,
    739,
    826,
    833,
    845,
    857,
    858,
    859,
    860
  ],
  "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. “GUANO / CHIMBORAZO — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-6-200. 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.