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NARANJITO / GUAYAS — Mayor

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Ecuador · NARANJITO / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · MayorEC-M-9-510

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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
NARANJITO / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-4824aa6301ca56efa88aacba
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 DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK33.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO22.2%
  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO20.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA9.9%
  • PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA8.7%
  • UNIDOS POR NARANJITO2.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES0.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.4%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR0.3%
Results for event-3c35e6c641778305de5cecc7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · CRISTIAN SUAREZ7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,92633.6%1Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA 21 DE ENERO · BORIS GARCIA34ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,90422.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO · MARCOS ONOFRE1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20235,42720.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · ANA NAREA207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,6279.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · MANUEL PARRA117ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,3208.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS POR NARANJITO · EDUARDO ALVARADO1394ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20237792.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · MARTIN AVILA QUIÑONEZ39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232440.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · EDGAR YAUCAN99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231920.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · JORGE DANIEL PALOMINO PEREZ157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231150.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR · NORMA MOSQUERA CONSTANTE231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023710.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO31.1%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO30.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA20.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL8.8%
  • ALIANZA CENTRO DEMOCRATICO Y SUMA4.3%
  • PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA1.5%
  • CREO - MST - JUNTOS PODEMOS1.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.8%
  • FUERZA.EC0.7%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE0.6%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR0.3%
Results for event-15caccda1b501be7f4ba1a7a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO · MAXIMO DAVID BETANCOURTH219ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,92931.1%1Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · CRISTIAN BORIS SUAREZ PEÑAFIEL534ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,84030.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · MARCOS ONOFRE LOPEZ13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20195,20420.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL · JOSE FERNANDO PARRALES CEDEÑO148ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,2468.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA CENTRO DEMOCRATICO Y SUMA · JUAN GUTIERREZ TITO651ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,0914.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA · WASHINGTON OROZCO25ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193811.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO - MST - JUNTOS PODEMOS · MANUEL SIGUENZA609ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192531%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · JUAN CRESPO PEREZ198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191920.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZA.EC · HUMBERTO ZURITA146ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191710.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · MARTIN CRESPO158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191510.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR · MANUEL ERNESTO REMACHE MALA143ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019750.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS35.4%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO26.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO18.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA14.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA2.9%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO0.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"0.8%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO0.8%
  • PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO0.6%
  • PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL0.4%
Results for event-20568487658d7811641a6583
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS · ONOFRE LOPEZ MARCOS IVAN3ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148,02735.4%1Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · SUAREZ PEÑAFIEL CRISTIAN BORIS9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,96626.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · BETANCOURTH VALAREZO MAXIMO DAVID8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,14718.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA · ZAMBRANO CAMPOVERDE LUIS EDUARDO13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20143,17014%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · SILVA VERA MILTON ALFREDO6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20146532.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO · CAISAGUANO GUACHUN ROBERT ROSALINO10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141770.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO" · NAREA SANCHEZ PABLO JONAS4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141730.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · CORONEL ORTIZ JIMMY ROOVELT2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141720.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO · URGILES MENDEZ EMANUEL FERNANDO1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141400.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO RENOVADOR INSTITUCIONAL ACCION NACIONAL · ORTIZ ARANA MAXIMO ENRIQUE9ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014800.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

60.860–100 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=11.358767149032133, oldest_gap=9.077295749834835, previous_gap=0.34856851917126974

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

34.27percentage 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=[[0,0,33.55008457056944,0.7216688592369855,0,0,65.72824657019356],[0,0,0,0,0,20.38146712098069,79.61853287901931],[0,2.8760184981281656,0,18.26469940541731,13.961682448799824,35.3534463774499,29.5441532702048]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

50.07percentage 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=[[0,0,33.55008457056944,0.7216688592369855,0,0,65.72824657019356],[0,0,0,0,0,20.38146712098069,79.61853287901931],[0,2.8760184981281656,0,18.26469940541731,13.961682448799824,35.3534463774499,29.5441532702048]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.17percentage 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=[[0,0,33.55008457056944,0.7216688592369855,0,0,65.72824657019356],[0,0,0,0,0,20.38146712098069,79.61853287901931],[0,2.8760184981281656,0,18.26469940541731,13.961682448799824,35.3534463774499,29.5441532702048]]

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
2026-08-1134,419
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": 510,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 34419,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-9-510",
  "name": "NARANJITO / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1427,
    1428,
    1429,
    1430,
    1813
  ],
  "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. “NARANJITO / GUAYAS — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-9-510. 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.