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Office briefing

PASAJE / EL ORO — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · PASAJE / EL ORO / EL ORO · municipal · MayorEC-M-7-365

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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
PASAJE / EL ORO / EL ORO
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-253ca770b8bbf4f6443a10de
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 SUR UNIDO REGIONAL, S.U.R.32.8%
  • JUNTOS POR PASAJE Y JUNTOS POR LAS LAJAS20.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA11.7%
  • JUNTOS SEGUIREMOS HACIENDO HISTORIA 5-7710.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO7.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE PROGRESISTA PASAJE7.4%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA5.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK2.2%
  • !EL CAMBIO VIENE!1.4%
  • SUMATE Y CREE, SOMOS MAYORIA0.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES0.3%
Results for event-b82bac4a82caa77463ea5d61
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO SUR UNIDO REGIONAL, S.U.R. · JOVANNY CORONEL147ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202316,02632.8%1Recorded
JUNTOS POR PASAJE Y JUNTOS POR LAS LAJAS · ANTONIO JARA ABAD1483ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20239,79220%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · PATRICIO JARA101ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,70011.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
JUNTOS SEGUIREMOS HACIENDO HISTORIA 5-77 · FERNANDO GUAMAN ANDRADE1250ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,34210.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · ANA COBOS32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,6277.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE PROGRESISTA PASAJE · VICTOR GUZMAN ZAMBRANO10ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,6167.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · LUIS ORDOÑEZ117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,5175.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · DARWIN AGUILERA7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,0722.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
!EL CAMBIO VIENE! · JAIME ROMERO LAINES1019ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236621.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SUMATE Y CREE, SOMOS MAYORIA · FELIPE JAVIER FARAH1273ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233910.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AMIGO, ACCIÓN MOVILIZADORA INDEPENDIENTE GENERANDO OPORTUNIDADES · JAVIER PALADINES208ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231560.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • SIII 88 CREO 2121.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO16.3%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO14.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL13.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE PROGRESISTA PASAJE13.7%
  • SUR UNIDO6.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO AUTONÓMICO REGIONAL, MAR3.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA2.3%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE1.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO0.7%
Results for event-7ae109b5b2603632cc28cc86
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
SIII 88 CREO 21 · CESAR GENARO ENCALADA ERRAEZ641ecuador/Sed7b513864/201910,63721.8%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · ERASMO NOBLECILLA ALMEIDA1ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,92716.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · LUIS ORDOÑEZ JARAMILLO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,06514.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL · FERNANDO GUAMAN ANDRADE148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,79413.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE PROGRESISTA PASAJE · VICENTE GUZMAN BARBOTO87ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196,67313.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SUR UNIDO · CECILIA MARQUEZ PROAÑO775ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,3256.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA · ARNALDO LAVERDE AZANZA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,4555%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO AUTONÓMICO REGIONAL, MAR · ROCIO BARRIGA4ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,8553.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · DORIAN FLORES AGUILERA13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0982.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · MIGUEL MALDONADO PRIETO158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195471.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO · JAVIER PALADINES PAUTA3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193410.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO28.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE PROGRESISTA PASAJE25.5%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA24.8%
  • ALIANZA PAIS-MAR20.0%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO1.4%
Results for event-2a6c22af758d5357755e81cf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · ENCALADA ERRAEZ CESAR GENARO11ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201412,93528.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO INDEPENDIENTE PROGRESISTA PASAJE · GUZMAN BARBOTO VICTOR VICENTE7004ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,62025.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · HEREDIA ANDINO LIDIA JOSEFINA6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,30724.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA PAIS-MAR · NOBLECILLA ROSILLO ANGEL MATEO7007ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149,11120%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · BALCAZAR VINTIMILLA ARMANDO HELIODORO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146541.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

51.970–100 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=12.748205558168547, oldest_gap=2.8820654437065762, previous_gap=5.562739905987641

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

16.15percentage 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=[[7.417026236682276,11.656203349624752,2.192184208911883,0,0,0,78.73458620478111],[16.271527392901863,0,0,0,5.039308660221278,2.2538333641234067,76.43533058275345],[28.349442216231616,24.781379446380434,0,0,0,0,46.86917833738795]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

36.86percentage 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=[[7.417026236682276,11.656203349624752,2.192184208911883,0,0,0,78.73458620478111],[16.271527392901863,0,0,0,5.039308660221278,2.2538333641234067,76.43533058275345],[28.349442216231616,24.781379446380434,0,0,0,0,46.86917833738795]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.5percentage 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=[[7.417026236682276,11.656203349624752,2.192184208911883,0,0,0,78.73458620478111],[16.271527392901863,0,0,0,5.039308660221278,2.2538333641234067,76.43533058275345],[28.349442216231616,24.781379446380434,0,0,0,0,46.86917833738795]]

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
2026-08-1166,518
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
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  "cne_canton": 365,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 7,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 66518,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-7-365",
  "name": "PASAJE / EL ORO",
  "office": "Mayor",
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    1020,
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  "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. “PASAJE / EL ORO — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-7-365. 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.