Elections in Ecuador

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Ecuador elects on the national level a president and a legislature. The President of the Republic and the Vice President are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 137 members elected for a four-year term in the 24 provinces (so multi-seat constituencies).

Ecuador has a mandatory voting system; citizens who fail to vote are fined.^[1]^[2] To facilitate universal voting, elections are always held on Sundays and seen as community events where everyone must contribute to the work of voting days.

Presidential elections

Presidential elections in Ecuador are conducted every four years.

Elections use a run off system where a candidate must get over 40% of valid votes and have a minimum 10% lead over the runner up to win in only one round. This is known as winning an "absolute majority".

If no candidate meets those criteria, then the two leading candidates will run against each other in a second election that is held within 45 days off the first election. This stage is known as "Ballotage".

Whoever comes out of Ballotage with more votes will win the presidency.

Past elections

2023 presidential elections


Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Luisa González	Andrés Arauz	Citizen Revolution Movement	3,315,663	33.61	4,880,525	48.17
	Daniel Noboa	Verónica Abad Rojas	National Democratic Action	2,315,296	23.47	5,251,695	51.83
	Christian Zurita	Andrea González Náder	Movimiento Construye	1,614,434	16.37
	Jan Topić	Diana Jácome Silva	Por Un País Sin Miedo	1,446,812	14.67
	Otto Sonnenholzner	Erika Paredes Sánchez	Actuemos	696,548	7.06
	Yaku Pérez	Nory Pinela Morán	Claro Que Se Puede	391,674	3.97
	Xavier Hervas	Luz Marina Vega Conejo	RETO Movement	48,428	0.49
	Bolívar Armijos	Linda Romero Espinoza	AMIGO Movement	35,785	0.36
Total				9,864,640	100.00	10,132,220	100.00

Valid votes				9,864,640	91.19	10,132,220	91.49
Invalid votes				732,478	6.77	858,394	7.75
Blank votes				220,717	2.04	84,178	0.76
Total votes				10,817,835	100.00	11,074,792	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				13,045,553	82.92	13,446,682	82.36
Source: CNE, eldiario, CNE

2023 National Assembly elections


Party		National			Provincial			Overseas			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Citizen Revolution Movement^[a]	3,326,110	39.72	6	3,059,898	35.65	42			4	52
	Movimiento Construye	1,707,682	20.39	3	1,428,869	16.65	24			1	28
	National Democratic Action	1,219,254	14.56	2	884,747	10.31	11			1	14
	Social Christian Party^[b]	996,206	11.90	2	948,333	11.05	12			0	14
	Actuemos (Avanza–SUMA)	377,953	4.51	1	577,384	6.73	7			0	8
	Patriotic Society Party	264,701	3.16	1	118,972	1.39	0				1
	Claro Que Se Puede (UP–PSE–DSì)^[c]	240,015	2.87	0	360,066	4.20	3			0	3
	RETO Movement	141,577	1.69	0	128,174	1.49	0				0
	AMIGO Movement	100,995	1.21	0	69,265	0.81	1			0	1
	Pachakutik				349,450	4.07	4			0	4
	Democratic Center				137,747	1.60	1			0	1
	PSP–PSC^[d]				52,119	0.61	2				2
	RETO–MUPP^[e]				47,017	0.55	1				1
	MC–AMIGO^[f]				43,935	0.51	1				1
	Democratic Left^[g]				40,743	0.47	0				0
	RETO–CD–MP^[h]				29,771	0.35	1				1
	Ecuadorian Socialist Party^[i]				14,100	0.16	0				0
	PSP–PSC–CD^[j]				10,860	0.13	0				0
	CD–AMIGO^[k]				5,009	0.06	0				0
	Provincial movements^[l]				276,398	3.22	6				6
Total		8,374,493	100.00	15	8,582,857	100.00	116			6	137

Valid votes		8,374,493	77.41		8,582,857	79.41
Invalid/blank votes		2,443,773	22.59		2,225,585	20.59
Total votes		10,818,266	100.00		10,808,442	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,045,553	82.93		12,419,632	87.03
Source: CNE

Notes

^ Supported by MAR70 and PLAN77 in El Oro and by Sumak Yuyay in Napo. 41 provincial seats won by RC, one won by PLAN77.
^ Supported by MDG in Guayas and by Caminantes in Manabi.
^ Supported by AFE in El Oro. One provincial seat won by UP, one by PSE, one by AFE.
^ Alliance running only in Chimborazo, Napo and Sucumbíos. Two provincial seats won by PSP.
^ Alliance running only in Chimborazo. One provincial seat won by RETO.
^ Alliance running only in Cotopaxi. One provincial seat won by MC.
^ Supported by MINGA in Bolivar.
^ Alliance running only in Orellana. One provincial seat won by RETO.
^ Run disjointly from the Claro Que Se Puede alliance only in Cañar
^ Alliance running only in Bolivar.
^ Alliance running only in Azuay.
^ MSC/MPUP/Semilla/MPCG/Unete/MAS

References

^ "Ecuadorians head to the polls just weeks after presidential candidate assassinated". CBS News. 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
^ "Ecuadorians must cast their vote otherwise be fined". Prensa Latina. 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

External links

Adam Carr's Election Archive
Ecuador's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues, issue brief from the Center for Economic and Policy Research

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[3] Supported by MAR70 and PLAN77 in El Oro and by Sumak Yuyay in Napo. 41 provincial seats won by RC, one won by PLAN77.

[4] Supported by MDG in Guayas and by Caminantes in Manabi.

[5] Supported by AFE in El Oro. One provincial seat won by UP, one by PSE, one by AFE.

[6] Alliance running only in Chimborazo, Napo and Sucumbíos. Two provincial seats won by PSP.

[7] Alliance running only in Chimborazo. One provincial seat won by RETO.

[8] Alliance running only in Cotopaxi. One provincial seat won by MC.

[9] Supported by MINGA in Bolivar.

[10] Alliance running only in Orellana. One provincial seat won by RETO.

[11] Run disjointly from the Claro Que Se Puede alliance only in Cañar

[12] Alliance running only in Bolivar.

[13] Alliance running only in Azuay.

[14] MSC/MPUP/Semilla/MPCG/Unete/MAS

[1] "Ecuadorians head to the polls just weeks after presidential candidate assassinated". CBS News. 2023-08-19. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

[2] "Ecuadorians must cast their vote otherwise be fined". Prensa Latina. 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

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