Elections in Ecuador

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politics and government of
Ecuador

Elections in Ecuador is about information on elections and election results in Ecuador.

Ecuador elects on national level a head of state, (a president), and a legislature. The President of the Republic and his vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people. The National Congress (Congreso Nacional) has 100 members elected for a four-year term in the 22 provinces (so multi-seat constituencies).

Ecuador has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone; consequently; parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Schedule

Election

Position 2009 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Type Presidential (February)
National Congress (February)
Gubernatorial (February)
None None Presidential (February)
National Congress (February)
Gubernatorial (February)
None
President and
vice president
President and vice president None None President and vice president None
National Congress All seats None None All seats None
Provinces, cities and municipalities None All positions None None All positions

Past elections

2013 presidential elections

Candidate Party Votes %
Rafael CorreaMovimiento Alianza PAIS4,918,48257.17
Guillermo LassoCreating Opportunities1,951,10222.68
Lucio GutiérrezJanuary 21 Patriotic Society Party578,8756.73
Mauricio RodasSUMA335,5323.90
Álvaro NoboaInstitutional Renewal Party of National Action319,9563.72
Alberto AcostaPlurinational Unity of the Lefts280,5393.26
Norman WrayRuptura 25112,5251.31
Nelson ZavalaEcuadorian Roldosist Party105,5921.23
Invalid/blank votes863,257
Total9,465,860100
Registered voters/turnout11,675,44181.09
Source: CNE

2013 National Assembly elections

Party Votes % Seats
PR Constituency Abroad Total +/–
Alianza PAIS45,955,99552.308 86 6 100+41
Creating Opportunities10,032,80411.422 9 0 11New
Social Christian Party7,901,3158.991 5 0 6–5
January 21 Patriotic Society Party4,955,3205.641 4 0 5–14
Plurinational Unity of the Lefts4,151,0004.721 4 0 5–4
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party3,960,1884.511 0 0 1–2
SUMA2,829,0343.221 0 0 1New
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action2,640,1813.000 0 0 0–7
Partido Avanza2,568,1562.920 5 0 5New
Ruptura 252,179,3832.480 0 0 0New
Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador698,8290.800 0 0 0–1
Independents and Regionalists 3 0 3
Invalid/blank votes2,083,795
Total9,443,716100151166137+13
Registered voters/turnout11,675,44180.89
Source: CNE, El Universo

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