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Office briefing

DURÁN / GUAYAS — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Ecuador · DURÁN / GUAYAS / GUAYAS · municipal · MayorEC-M-9-820

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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
DURÁN / GUAYAS / GUAYAS
Next election
2026-11-29
Linked upcoming event
next-280ae11c865a5a7aaa09c86c
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

  • CHONILLO ¡AHORA SI! 15036.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA24.6%
  • PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO21.1%
  • CAMBIEMOS LA HISTORIA6.2%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO NACIONAL - IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA3.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES3.3%
  • ALIANZA DEL FUTURO2.1%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA1.2%
  • PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR0.8%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL0.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.3%
Results for event-fc902b3425c1637350f96f47
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CHONILLO ¡AHORA SI! 150 · LUIS CHONILLO1128ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202351,21036.1%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO REVOLUCIÓN CIUDADANA · ALEXANDRA ARCE PLUAS207ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202334,94224.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PSC-MADERA DE GUERRERO · RODRIGO APARICIO1167ecuador/Sa5c026518f/202329,95221.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIEMOS LA HISTORIA · PABLO AYALA1159ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20238,7806.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO NACIONAL - IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · JOSE SOLIS1481ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,8813.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · STIVEN MOLINA PACHECO99ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234,6613.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ALIANZA DEL FUTURO · ALEXANDRA CORNEJO POVEDA1350ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20232,9952.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · ANDREA PERALTA42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,7121.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO UNIDAD POPULAR · RICARDO VALLE MACIAS231ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20231,1730.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · LEONIDAS CEVALLOS39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20237380.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL · CARLOS GIOVANNI RODAS RAMIREZ103ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234530.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · YAMIL GENARO LAYANA YAGUAL157ecuador/Sa5c026518f/20234500.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-03-24

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO34.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL23.9%
  • CENTRO DEMOCRATICO22.3%
  • CREO - FE - MST5.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO3.6%
  • MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS1.8%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA1.5%
  • MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO DURÁN PUEDE MÁS1.3%
  • PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE1.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA0.9%
  • MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL0.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK0.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO0.4%
  • MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL0.4%
  • IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA0.3%
  • UNIDAD POPULAR0.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP0.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ0.3%
  • MOVIMIENTO EMERGENTE DE TRANSPARENCIA Y ACCION (META)0.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION0.2%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.2%
Results for event-0e6781f4d97a550c06f83ba4
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · DALTON RAFAEL NARVAEZ MENDIETA534ecuador/Sed7b513864/201947,62134.3%1Recorded
MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL · ALEXANDRA ARCE PLUAS148ecuador/Sed7b513864/201933,23023.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · LUIS CHONILLO145ecuador/Sed7b513864/201930,98722.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO - FE - MST · ALFREDO ARBOLEDA606ecuador/Sed7b513864/20197,2645.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ECUATORIANO UNIDO · JOSE GERMAN SOLIS MONCADA219ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194,9313.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO NACIONAL PODEMOS · ALFONSO CORDOVA JURADO142ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,5111.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · SHEILA YELENA REYES PEÑAFIEL13ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192,1421.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO POLÍTICO DURÁN PUEDE MÁS · MIGUEL SANTOS BURGOS211ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,7621.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · LEONIDAS JACINTO CEVALLOS158ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,5131.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA · LUIS BAQUERO37ecuador/Sed7b513864/20191,2640.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL · MARGARITA PATIÑO GOMEZ170ecuador/Sed7b513864/20199490.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · DARIO JAVIER BARZOLA REYES12ecuador/Sed7b513864/20198120.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIOTICA 21 DE ENERO · JORGE ZAMBRANO SILVA3ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196160.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL · GIOVANNI RODAS RAMIREZ27ecuador/Sed7b513864/20196080.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · LUPE MARGARITA MARIN PONCE152ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194540.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDAD POPULAR · ANA DEL PILAR MEDINA143ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194350.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · GLADYS VIVIANA MACIAS MOSQUERA235ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194220.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRACIA SÍ · JOHNNY NEIRA198ecuador/Sed7b513864/20194090.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO EMERGENTE DE TRANSPARENCIA Y ACCION (META) · JOSE JAVIER CORTEZ BONE50ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193380.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION · EDGAR SALAZAR18ecuador/Sed7b513864/20193120.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · RODOLFO OSTAIZA ZAMBRANO8ecuador/Sed7b513864/20192690.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2014-02-23

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO49.9%
  • 6-MADERA DE GUERRERO39.0%
  • PARTIDO AVANZA4.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO CREO3.6%
  • PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO"1.0%
  • MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL0.7%
  • PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO0.7%
  • MOVIMIENTO SUMA0.5%
  • PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO0.4%
Results for event-72b46b2b181e9231d384ace8
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
ALIANZA PAIS Y MOVIMIENTO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · ARCE PLUAS ALEXANDRA MANUELA9017ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201462,18949.9%1Recorded
6-MADERA DE GUERRERO · NARVAEZ MENDIETA DALTON RAFAEL9013ecuador/S09da2a23f3/201448,65939%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO AVANZA · CHUCHUCA QUITO ELVIS FRANKLIN6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145,2694.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO CREO · HEREDIA SEVILLA MIGUEL ANGEL8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20144,4453.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIEDAD PATRIÓTICA "21 DE ENERO" · REYES REALPE CRISTHIAM JAVIER4ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20141,2441%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO LUIS RODAS TORAL · RODAS RAMIREZ CARLOS GIOVANNI9003ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20149190.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO MOVIMIENTO POPULAR DEMOCRATICO · ACOSTA CAJAPE IGNACIO MELECIO2ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20148870.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO SUMA · ABAD GARCIA JORGE ARMANDO13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145850.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA FRENTE AMPLIO · NAVARRO DIAZ JESSE JOHN10ecuador/S09da2a23f3/20145370.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

44.650–100 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=11.460615581872105, oldest_gap=10.847082591755253, previous_gap=10.364496683447488

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

3.28percentage 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=[[0,0,0,3.283619942654653,0,0,96.71638005734539],[0,0,0.5848079568452059,0,0.9103414500644585,1.5426830585744227,96.96216753451593],[0,4.2241890743502175,0,3.5635833052736223,0.46899802780316513,0,91.743229592573]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

7.79percentage 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=[[0,0,0,3.283619942654653,0,0,96.71638005734539],[0,0,0.5848079568452059,0,0.9103414500644585,1.5426830585744227,96.96216753451593],[0,4.2241890743502175,0,3.5635833052736223,0.46899802780316513,0,91.743229592573]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

5.54percentage 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=[[0,0,0,3.283619942654653,0,0,96.71638005734539],[0,0,0.5848079568452059,0,0.9103414500644585,1.5426830585744227,96.96216753451593],[0,4.2241890743502175,0,3.5635833052736223,0.46899802780316513,0,91.743229592573]]

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
2026-08-11194,139
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": 820,
  "cne_parish": null,
  "cne_province": 9,
  "election_date": "2026-11-29",
  "electors_august": 194139,
  "jurisdiction_id": "EC-M-9-820",
  "name": "DURÁN / GUAYAS",
  "office": "Mayor",
  "precinct_rows": [
    1362,
    1363,
    1364,
    1365,
    1374,
    1375,
    1376,
    1377,
    1378,
    1379,
    1447,
    1448,
    1449,
    1450,
    1451,
    1452,
    1453,
    1454,
    1455,
    1456,
    1457,
    1476,
    1477,
    1478,
    1479,
    1480,
    1641,
    1904,
    1905,
    1906,
    1908,
    1909,
    1917
  ],
  "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. “DURÁN / GUAYAS — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-M-9-820. 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.