Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
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On 30 September 2007 an election for a Constituent Assembly was held in Ecuador following the referendum on this issue successfully held on 15 April 2007. 130 delegates were elected: 24 members from national lists, 100 representing the provinces and six for emigrants living outside Ecuador.[1]
Due to the extraordinarly large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) the election was the most complex in Ecuador's history.[1] Although polls indicated that Correa's PAIS Alliance would win a plurality in the election, but not a majority,[2] PAIS won a landslide victory, winning at least 72 of the 130 seats, giving the party the power to dismiss Congress and make the substantial constitutional reforms for which Correa has been calling.[3] PAIS won all six foreign seats.[4]
The Constituent Assembly was to be set up on 31 October 2007, and from then it will have six months (with a possible extension of two months) to draft a new constitution, which will then have to be ratified in a referendum.[2] However, the installation of the Assembly was delayed to 29 November 2007[3] due to delays in the official proclamation of the final result.
Note that some of the provincial seats were won by coalitions of parties running separately on the national slate; due to different distributions of these joint Assembly members, reports on the number of seats won by each party may vary from source to source.
e • d Summary of the 30 September 2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly national election results
| Parties |
Votes
(national) |
% |
Seats |
| National |
Provincial |
Abroad |
TOTAL |
| PAIS Alliance (Alianza PAIS) |
2,806,004 |
69.47 |
15 |
59 |
6 |
80 |
| January 21 Patriotic Society Party (Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero) |
294,240 |
7.28 |
2 |
17 |
— |
19 |
| Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional) |
267,605 |
6.62 |
2 |
6 |
— |
8 |
| Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristiano) |
156,840 |
3.88 |
1 |
4 |
— |
5 |
| Ethics and Democracy Network (Red Ética y Democracia) |
80,927 |
2.00 |
1 |
2 |
— |
3 |
| Democratic People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Democrático) |
68,060 |
1.68 |
1 |
3 |
— |
4 |
| A New Option (Una Nueva Opción) |
45,127 |
1.12 |
1 |
1 |
— |
2 |
| Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano) |
32,332 |
0.80 |
— |
1 |
— |
1 |
| PS-FA–MUPP-NP Alliance (Alianza PS-FA–MUPP-NP) |
28,635 |
0.71 |
— |
4 |
— |
4 |
| Movement for National Honesty (Movimiento Honradez Nacional) |
28,198 |
0.70 |
1 |
— |
— |
1 |
| National Agreement (Acuerdo Nacional) |
26,358 |
0.65 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| ID–MPC Alliance (Alianza ID/MPC) |
21,759 |
0.54 |
— |
2 |
— |
2 |
| Freedom Party (Partido Libertad) |
19,036 |
0.47 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Ecuadorian White Movement for the Vindication of the Poor (Movimient Blanco Ecuatoriano por la Reivindicación de los Pobres) |
17,813 |
0.44 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana) |
17,450 |
0.43 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Independent Movement of Committed Seculars (Movimiento Independiente Laicos Comprometidos) |
17,264 |
0.43 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Movement Ecuador's Force (Movimiento Fuerza Ecuador) |
16,445 |
0.41 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Christian Civic Compromise with the Community C4 (Compromiso Cívico Cristiano con la Comunidad C4) |
15,594 |
0.39 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| MCSXXI/MAE/MTF Alliance (Alianza MCSXXI/MAE/MTF) |
15,279 |
0.38 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| National Democratic Coalition (Concertación Nacional Democrática) |
13,285 |
0.33 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Independent Movement Democratic Pole (Movimiento Independiente Polo Democrático) |
13,037 |
0.32 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| National Reconciliation (Conciliación Nacional) |
11,663 |
0.29 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Independent Just and Solidary Movement (Movimiento Independiente Justo y Solidario) |
7,883 |
0.20 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| National Movement for Social Reconciliation (Movimiento Nacional por la Conciliación Social) |
7,026 |
0.17 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Thousandfold Victory (Triunfo Mil) |
6,815 |
0.17 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Social Integration and Transformation (Integración y Transformación Social) |
4,718 |
0.12 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Citizens' Independent Movement Future Already (Movimiento Ciudadano Independiente Futuro Ya; only contested provincial elections) |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
1 |
| Valid (turnout 73.2%) |
4,039,393 |
100.00 |
24 |
100 |
6 |
130 |
| Invalid |
665,776 |
| Blank |
429,120 |
| Total |
5,134,289 |
| Source: TSE |
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