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The Azuay Provincial Electoral Board has confirmed 86 mayoral candidacies across the province's 15 cantons for the 2027 sectional elections. In Cuenca, former mayors Marcelo Cabrera and Pedro Palacios are seeking to regain control of the city.

Mayoral candidate Yaku Pérez proposes four cable transit stations from Miraflores to Turi via central Cuenca. He estimates a cost of $80–90 million and a four-year delivery horizon; the plans remain campaign proposals.

The registration deadline has passed, with El Mercurio reporting nine mayoral candidacies in Cuenca and eight for the Azuay prefecture. The names are not final until qualification decisions become firm.

The deadline to register candidates for Ecuador's 2027 sectional elections fell on August 17 at 6:00 p.m. In Azuay, the ballot will eventually include a prefect and viceprefect, 15 mayors, 52 urban councilors, 33 rural councilors, and 305 parish-board members.

Ecuador's National Electoral Council just approved a new voting zone in Cuenca's El Valle parish, serving over 270 voters. It's a small change with big implications for how the city's growing outskirts are represented.