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Office briefing

EL TRIUNFO / GUAYAS — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · EL TRIUNFO / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · MayorEC-M-9-505

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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
EL TRIUNFO / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-b330911921a9e1898223f02a
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 POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA47.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK20.1%
  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO15.3%
  • ALIANZA POPULAR TRIUNFENSE10.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES3.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO1.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO0.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA0.3%
Results for event-72e48f1a030a3dfd51ee7b90
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · MABEL TENEZACA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202315,81447.7%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · GLORIA QUINTERO7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20236,67020.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO · YOLANDA VALLEJO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,08215.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POPULAR TRIUNFENSE · FRANKLIN CARRERA BALLADARES1145ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233,37910.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · MICHELLE CORONEL99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,0773.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO RENOVACIÓN TOTAL, RETO · PABLO BACULIMA226ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235861.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO · JOSE ALCIVAR34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20233060.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRÁTICO · ALYSON ESPINOZA124ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231580.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · JENNY GUIRACOCHA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023950.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA39.9%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO14.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO TRIUNFENSE, MRT9.9%
  • CREO - MST8.4%
  • ALIANZA POR UN TRIUNFO MEJOR7.3%
  • FUERZA.EC5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO LISTAS 9 Y MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO 4 Y CENTRO DEMOCRATICO LISTAS 14.1%
  • UNION ECUATORIANA1.6%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA1.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA1.3%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.8%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE0.5%
Results for event-6f31f1ed7157c386a58ae8af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · JOSE DAVID MARTILLO PINO13ecuador/Sed7b513864/201912,35839.9%1Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · ANDRES LUCIANO MACIAS CASTILLO534ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,54614.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO TRIUNFENSE, MRT · FRANKLIN CARRERA168ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193,0699.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO - MST · WILLIAM HERRERA592ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,6178.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA POR UN TRIUNFO MEJOR · PABLO BACULIMA URGILES653ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,2637.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC · ANIBAL ROBERTO ZEA ZEA146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5645%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · MANUEL MONCADA GUERRERO198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5465%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO LISTAS 9 Y MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO 4 Y CENTRO DEMOCRATICO LISTAS 1 · ANITA BARAHONA REVELO796ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2684.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION ECUATORIANA · RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ CADENA51ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195001.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · NAPOLEON MANUEL REINO MENDOZA152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194951.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA · EDGAR ULLOA37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193981.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · JOSE VICENTE ALCIVAR ROSADO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192380.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · MARCIA CRUZ ESPINOZA158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191470.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO52.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS33.5%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO5.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"5.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA2.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO1.2%
Results for event-2926a785a3444be8f53867d2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · MACIAS CASTILLO ANDRES LUCIANO9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201415,35552.2%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · BARAHONA REVELO ANITA PATRICIA3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149,85133.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · ESPINOSA BACULIMA ANGEL SEGUNDO RAFAEL2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,5075.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO" · MONCADA GUERRERO MANUEL SIMON4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,4715%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA · MORA PEÑA VICTOR CESAR13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148442.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · OBANDO MORAN CRISTHIAN OTTO8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143611.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=27.569572165103867, oldest_gap=18.72809554595257, previous_gap=25.192685994388725

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

41.14percentage 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=[[0,0,20.110350649742212,3.247203545693008,0,0,76.64244580456477],[0,0,0,0,1.2834983391918475,39.852945918926764,58.86355574188139],[0,0,0,1.22835074347545,2.87182279084011,33.51934397223451,62.38048249344993]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

6.33percentage 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=[[0,0,20.110350649742212,3.247203545693008,0,0,76.64244580456477],[0,0,0,0,1.2834983391918475,39.852945918926764,58.86355574188139],[0,0,0,1.22835074347545,2.87182279084011,33.51934397223451,62.38048249344993]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

23.74percentage 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=[[0,0,20.110350649742212,3.247203545693008,0,0,76.64244580456477],[0,0,0,0,1.2834983391918475,39.852945918926764,58.86355574188139],[0,0,0,1.22835074347545,2.87182279084011,33.51934397223451,62.38048249344993]]

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
2026-08-1145,316
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": 505,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 45316,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-9-505",
  "name": "EL TRIUNFO / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1421,
    1422,
    1423,
    1424,
    1425,
    1426
  ],
  "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. “EL TRIUNFO / GUAYAS — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-9-505. 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.