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Office briefing

SALITRE / GUAYAS — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · SALITRE / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · MayorEC-M-9-430

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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
SALITRE / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-b9fcc01d3a6f9961cde806fd
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

  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO34.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO18.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA13.3%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA11.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA8.7%
  • ALIANZA POPULAR SALITREÑA7.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES3.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO1.6%
  • UNIDOS POR SALITRE1.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO RENOVACIÓN0.3%
Results for event-ac028ebaecfdd2ac02e9a410
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO · MILTON MORENO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202312,49434%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO · PETTER RUDY CRUZ JIMENEZ124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,72218.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · CARLOS VARGAS207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,90313.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · EDIS RIVAS117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,15111.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · WINSGTON MARTINEZ42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,2058.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POPULAR SALITREÑA · JULIO OLMEDO ALFARO MIELES1035ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,6317.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · MILTON VERA99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,4493.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO · ERWIN GUILLEN34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235831.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS POR SALITRE · CAROL CEDEÑO1392ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235211.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO RENOVACIÓN · MARIANA JIMENEZ BRIONES246ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231230.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA POPULAR SALITREÑA22.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO22.5%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO22.0%
  • ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA SALITRE16.7%
  • CREO - SUMA5.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL3.4%
  • FUERZA.EC2.4%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA1.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL1.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP0.6%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE0.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS0.5%
Results for event-15e06fd1f6bbf86d74f38acf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA POPULAR SALITREÑA · JULIO OLMEDO ALFARO MIELES559ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,16422.9%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO · MILTON MORENO PEREZ3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198,00722.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · GIOVANNY ALMEIDA534ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,84022%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA SALITRE · PETTER RUDY CRUZ JIMENEZ740ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,93116.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO - SUMA · MERIDA JIMENEZ JIMENEZ638ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,9905.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL · GLENDA ZAVALA148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2213.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC · CAROL CEDEÑO146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198512.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA · GLENDA JIMENEZ AVILES51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195271.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL · PATRICIO COELLO BAJAÑA170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194531.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · ERWIN MORENO CASTRO235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192310.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · JORGE LOPEZ158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191990.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS · JEFFERSON SILVA142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191890.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO42.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA REVOLUCIONARIA SALITREÑA34.4%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO15.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO2.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO1.8%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA1.0%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"0.8%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO0.6%
Results for event-dce8f7de59af685dcb01cb78
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · LEON FLORES FRANCISCO JAVIER9017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201414,26442.8%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA REVOLUCIONARIA SALITREÑA · ALFARO MIELES JULIO OLMEDO9009ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201411,48634.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · ALMEIDA OCHOA PEDRO GIOVANNY9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,26115.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · RUIZ FREIRE NURY LUCRECIA8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149342.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO · RONQUILLO PAREDES FELIPE VIDAL10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146141.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · MORENO DOYLET RAUL ANTONIO6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143231%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO" · CALDERON MORENO JOSE ARMANDO4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142610.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO · RIVAS CARPIO JUANA ROSA1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20142080.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

48.10–100 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=15.692458267630908, oldest_gap=8.32958531978052, previous_gap=0.4409740752183815

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[0,0,0,3.9394268935892556,0,0,96.06057310641073],null,[0,0.9684867020479146,0,2.8005157266648677,0,0,96.23099757128722]]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[0,0,0,3.9394268935892556,0,0,96.06057310641073],null,[0,0.9684867020479146,0,2.8005157266648677,0,0,96.23099757128722]]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PSC","Avanza","Pachakutik","CREO","SUMA","Alianza PAIS","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[0,0,0,3.9394268935892556,0,0,96.06057310641073],null,[0,0.9684867020479146,0,2.8005157266648677,0,0,96.23099757128722]]

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
2026-08-1153,458
Dated CNE administrative observation; not historical turnout. July count, difference and spending limit are retained separately.
{
  "call_source_id": "SA40-EC-CALL",
  "cne_canton": 430,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 53458,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-9-430",
  "name": "SALITRE / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1399,
    1400,
    1401,
    1402,
    1403,
    1404,
    1405,
    1406,
    1407,
    1408,
    1409,
    1807
  ],
  "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. “SALITRE / GUAYAS — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-9-430. 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.