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ATACAMES / ESMERALDAS — Mayor
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Ecuador · ATACAMES / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS · municipal · MayorEC-M-8-785
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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
- ATACAMES / ESMERALDAS / ESMERALDAS
- Next election
- 2026-11-29
- Linked upcoming event
- next-e1098f7369c68023e477bb68
- 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
- PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO37.7%
- PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA21.8%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS15.4%
- SOMOS ATACAMES LISTAS 1 - 3312.6%
- UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA12.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · WILLIANS MENDOZA VIDAL | 32ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 10,271 | 37.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · EDISON MANJARRES | 42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 5,936 | 21.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS · ELICENIA VELEZ | 1028ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 4,206 | 15.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SOMOS ATACAMES LISTAS 1 - 33 · JAVIER VIVAR | 1493ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 3,443 | 12.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION POR LA REVOLUCION CIUDADANA · ALFONSO APARICIO | 1270ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 3,373 | 12.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-03-24
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- ALIANZA UNIDOS PODEMOS37.5%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO20.5%
- MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ11.8%
- ALIANZA PROGRESISTA POR UN NUEVO ATACAMES6.7%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA5.9%
- PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA5.5%
- ALIANZA POR UN ATACAMES MEJOR4.1%
- MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA3.6%
- FUERZA.EC2.2%
- IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA1.0%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES0.8%
- UNION ECUATORIANA0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIANZA UNIDOS PODEMOS · FREDY SALDARRIAGA CORRAL | 529ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 9,008 | 37.5% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO · WILLIANS MENDOZA | 1ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 4,934 | 20.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · NEMECIO MOSQUERA SOSA | 198ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 2,834 | 11.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA PROGRESISTA POR UN NUEVO ATACAMES · MARIBEL VERA | 563ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,613 | 6.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · VERONICA ROBINZON | 13ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,414 | 5.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA · BYRON APARICIO CHIRIBOGA | 25ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,327 | 5.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA POR UN ATACAMES MEJOR · ANGELA CASTILLO BAILON | 533ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 982 | 4.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA · HUMBERTO DE LA CRUZ | 37ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 854 | 3.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FUERZA.EC · GABRIELA BEDOYA CORTEZ | 146ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 533 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · RICHARD ANDRES ESTRELLA | 152ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 241 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · LAURA FLOR | 22ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 192 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION ECUATORIANA · MARIANA QUIÑONEZ | 51ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 94 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2014-02-23
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS40.1%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO31.5%
- MOVIMIENTO SUMA16.4%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA GENERANDO UNION Y ALTERNATIVAS6.0%
- PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO2.2%
- PARTIDO AVANZA1.8%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO1.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · APARICIO CHIRIBOGA BYRON | 3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 8,063 | 40.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO · SALDARRIAGA CORRAL FREDY GONZALO | 10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 6,336 | 31.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO SUMA · DE LA CRUZ PICO HUMBERTO JULIO | 13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 3,291 | 16.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA GENERANDO UNION Y ALTERNATIVAS · NOLE PAREDES CARLOS MANUEL | 8002ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 1,212 | 6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · PRECIADO LARA LEONEL | 2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 446 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO AVANZA · SANCHEZ CASTRO RICHARD MIGUEL | 6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 370 | 1.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO · VELASCO OLAYA GINA CECILIA | 8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 369 | 1.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI22.50–100 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=15.9205259098755, oldest_gap=8.59760043809429, previous_gap=16.956630317156417
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility17.18percentage 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=[[37.72081236916523,0,0,0,0,0,62.27918763083477],[20.536085906934154,0,0,0.7991342712061933,3.5544826438025474,5.885290934820611,69.2250062432365],[0,1.841987355005725,0,1.8370090108030068,16.383730771145515,40.14038930651665,39.796883556529096]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility49.96percentage 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=[[37.72081236916523,0,0,0,0,0,62.27918763083477],[20.536085906934154,0,0,0.7991342712061933,3.5544826438025474,5.885290934820611,69.2250062432365],[0,1.841987355005725,0,1.8370090108030068,16.383730771145515,40.14038930651665,39.796883556529096]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility33.57percentage 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=[[37.72081236916523,0,0,0,0,0,62.27918763083477],[20.536085906934154,0,0,0.7991342712061933,3.5544826438025474,5.885290934820611,69.2250062432365],[0,1.841987355005725,0,1.8370090108030068,16.383730771145515,40.14038930651665,39.796883556529096]]
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 | 39,076 | 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. “ATACAMES / ESMERALDAS — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-8-785. 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.