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SANTA ELENA — Prefect
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Ecuador · SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA · regional · PrefectEC-P-24
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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
- SANTA ELENA / SANTA ELENA
- Next election
- 2026-11-29
- Linked upcoming event
- next-970713aa1a7233ccd9b15c92
- 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
- REVOLUCIÓN PENINSULAR55.2%
- ALIANZA ÚNETE26.6%
- PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA9.6%
- SOMOS ENCUENTRO POSITIVO 65-69-215.1%
- MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK2.4%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO1.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVOLUCIÓN PENINSULAR · JOSE DANIEL VILLAO | 1259ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 115,468 | 55.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| ALIANZA ÚNETE · OTTO VERA | 1289ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 55,575 | 26.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MÁS ACCIÓN, SUMA · MELINA VILLACRES | 42ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 20,093 | 9.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SOMOS ENCUENTRO POSITIVO 65-69-21 · JOSE ALAVA JIMENEZ | 1146ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 10,617 | 5.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · VERONICA PALMA LINDAO | 7ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 5,013 | 2.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · LUIS MARTIN SUAREZ YEPEZ | 39ecuador/Sa5c026518f/2023 | 2,308 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-03-24
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- ALIANZA27.1%
- MOVIMIENTO POLITICO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA22.9%
- IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA11.7%
- MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL8.3%
- MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL PENINSULA POSITIVA5.8%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES5.5%
- MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP4.3%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA3.9%
- MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL ÚNETE2.4%
- ALIANZA UNIDOS SOMOS UNO1.3%
- MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION1.1%
- UNIDAD POPULAR1.0%
- MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL0.9%
- PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA0.8%
- PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE0.8%
- MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA0.7%
- PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO0.5%
- FUERZA.EC0.5%
- UNION ECUATORIANA0.4%
- MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIANZA · JOSE DANIEL VILLAO | 709ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 48,411 | 27.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POLITICO FRENTE DE LUCHA CIUDADANA · DIONICIO GONZABAY SALINAS | 36ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 40,909 | 22.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| IZQUIERDA DEMOCRÁTICA · JORGE LAYANA | 152ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 20,874 | 11.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO F. COMPROMISO SOCIAL · LENIN FRANCISCO MERA CEDEÑO | 148ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 14,829 | 8.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL PENINSULA POSITIVA · DENISSE SANDOVAL | 214ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 10,340 | 5.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO, CREANDO OPORTUNIDADES · JOSE ALAVA | 22ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 9,783 | 5.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO LIBERTAD ES PUEBLO, LEP · NILO GARCIA CHASI | 235ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 7,616 | 4.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAIS, PATRIA ALTIVA I SOBERANA · XAVIER TOMALA MONTENEGRO | 13ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 6,968 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO PROVINCIAL ÚNETE · CARLOS PULLEY ITURRALDE | 201ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 4,302 | 2.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| ALIANZA UNIDOS SOMOS UNO · FERNANDO VARGAS ALARCON | 772ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 2,290 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CONCERTACION · ERICK LOPEZ | 18ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,963 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDAD POPULAR · XAVIER SALTOS YAGUAL | 143ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,710 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO JUSTICIA SOCIAL · GABRIEL BALDA | 170ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,599 | 0.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO POLÍTICO AVANZA · LUIS ORRALA RODAS | 25ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,485 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ADELANTE ECUATORIANO ADELANTE · ERWING MAXVELL SANTOS | 158ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,434 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO SOCIEDAD UNIDA MAS ACCION, SUMA · VICTOR HUGO LOPEZ LAINEZ | 37ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 1,174 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIALISTA ECUATORIANO · LEONARDO CAPELLA | 8ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 953 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FUERZA.EC · VERONICA PALMA LINDAO | 146ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 887 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNION ECUATORIANA · GIOVANNI MUZZIO ARGUELLO | 51ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 702 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · CAROLINA MITE | 12ecuador/Sed7b513864/2019 | 675 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2014-02-23
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAÍS LISTA NO. 35 Y MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE LISTA NO. 6179.0%
- MOVIMIENTO CREO10.6%
- PARTIDO AVANZA3.8%
- MOVIMIENTO SUMA3.7%
- MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK1.6%
- PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO1.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA PAÍS LISTA NO. 35 Y MOVIMIENTO PENINSULAR CREYENDO EN NUESTRA GENTE LISTA NO. 61 · CISNEROS GRANIZO PATRICIO BENJAMIN | 24011ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 133,958 | 79% | 1 | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO CREO · ALAVA JIMENEZ JOSE ANGEL | 8ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 18,059 | 10.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO AVANZA · RODRIGUEZ MIRABA HUGO ORLANDO | 6ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 6,411 | 3.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO SUMA · SEGARRA MURGA ABRAHAM GONZALO | 13ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 6,293 | 3.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE UNIDAD PLURINACIONAL PACHAKUTIK · MITE DE LA TORRE MARIA CAROLINA | 5ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 2,737 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ROLDOSISTA ECUATORIANO · MUZZIO ARGUELLO GIOVANNI FABRIZIO | 1ecuador/S09da2a23f3/2014 | 2,186 | 1.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI0 (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=28.646794914719187, oldest_gap=68.31895027233502, previous_gap=4.193310378750617
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility10.02percentage 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=[[0,0,2.3977156413518657,0,0,0,97.60228435864815],[0,0,0.3772973214684971,5.468295845816751,0.6562178598578008,3.894826275544426,89.6033626973125],[0,3.779090330338827,1.6133786046072953,10.64523354790031,3.7095329041993823,0,80.2527646129542]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility13.25percentage 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=[[0,0,2.3977156413518657,0,0,0,97.60228435864815],[0,0,0.3772973214684971,5.468295845816751,0.6562178598578008,3.894826275544426,89.6033626973125],[0,3.779090330338827,1.6133786046072953,10.64523354790031,3.7095329041993823,0,80.2527646129542]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility11.63percentage 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=[[0,0,2.3977156413518657,0,0,0,97.60228435864815],[0,0,0.3772973214684971,5.468295845816751,0.6562178598578008,3.894826275544426,89.6033626973125],[0,3.779090330338827,1.6133786046072953,10.64523354790031,3.7095329041993823,0,80.2527646129542]]
Source-reported control: Juana Córdova Barrezueta; Primary prefect association directory; page undated; retrieved 12 Sep 2026; Current party affiliation unverified; older biography labels are not copied to a successor. Primary prefect association directory; page undated
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 | 289,510 | 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. “SANTA ELENA — Prefect.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/EC-P-24. 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.