Ecuadorian general election, 2013

Ecuadorian general election, 2013
Ecuador
17 February 2013
 
Nominee Rafael Correa Guillermo Lasso Lucio Gutiérrez
Party PAIS Alliance CREO PSP
Running mate Jorge Glas Juan Carlos Solines Pearl Boyes Fuller
Popular vote 4,918,482 1,951,102 578,875
Percentage 57.17% 22.68% 6.73%
President before election

Rafael Correa
PAIS Alliance

 Elected President

Rafael Correa
PAIS Alliance

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General elections were held in Ecuador on 17 February 2013 to elect the President, the National Assembly, Provincial Assemblies and members of the Andean Parliament.[1] The incumbent President Rafael Correa was re-elected by a wide margin.[2] Correa's closest electoral rival, Guillermo Lasso, conceded the election shortly after it concluded.

The vote had been set for January 2013, but was put back a month to allow a full year to elapse after the reform of election rules.[3]

This was the first election since 1996 held after the natural expiration of a four-year presidential term. This due to a decade of political and economical instability that Ecuador experienced after Abdalá Bucaram was impeached by the former Congress, in late 1997, and that lasted until Correa's inauguration in early 2007.[4]

Background

The call for general elections happened on October 18, 2012. The election campaigns were officially launched on January 4 and ended on February 14, as announced by CNE member Juan Pablo Pozo.[5]

Voters chose the president and vice president of the Republic, as well as national and provincial assembly members, members of the Andean Parliament, mayors, prefects, and other sectional officials.[6]

The seated President Correa, a two-term incumbent, is credited with bringing stability and prosperity to Ecuador's nearly 15 million people. A staunch friend of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, he is usually described as "leftist" and "socialist" and is committed to land reform to give unproductive land to poor peasants at the expense of large flower and banana producers. He has vastly expanded the number of workers on the government payroll and clamped down on dissent in the country's news media.[7][8] His government has run record-high deficits, while committing to spend more money to combat poverty by granting free health care, as well as education. In 2009, Correa became the first president of Ecuador to win re-election in nearly a half-century.[9]

Democracy Code

In late 2012, Ecuador's Constitutional Court (CC) ruled on the adoption of the Democracy Code by a 6 to 3 vote in favor. The new resolution made the D'Hondt method of voting constitutional; therefore it was applied in the 2013 elections. The resolution also states that legal restrictions on the work of journalists during elections are unconstitutional.[10]

Presidential elections

Candidates

Eight presidential candidates were registered in the National Electoral Council.[11] The candidates were: Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance movement, Guillermo Lasso of the Creating Opportunities movement, Lucio Gutiérrez of the PSP party, Alberto Acosta Espinoza, candidate of the Coordinating Committee of the Left, Norman Wray, of the Ruptura 25 movement, Nelson Zavala, of the Roldosist Party, Mauricio Rodas, of the SUMA movement, and Álvaro Noboa, of PRIAN.[12]

Restrictions of the candidate's qualifications

The National Electoral Council (Spanish-language initials, CNE) approved the regulations for the registration and qualification of candidates running for President, Vice President, Assembly and the Andean Parliament for the election. The regulations established that candidates who have contracts with the State or have received final judgments for offenses penalized with imprisonment such as bribery, illicit enrichment and embezzlement, would not be allowed to participate.[13]

Parliamentary elections

Ecuadorians not only voted on February 17 for their president and vice-president, but as well as for 137 members of the national assembly; drawn from provinces, a national list, and six migrant spots, and for their five Andean Parliament representatives.[14]

Opinion polls

Surveys generally attributed between 50% and 60% of the votes to President Correa. The seven other candidates lagged far behind; Correa's nearest rival, Guillermo Lasso, was credited with 10—20% of the vote.[15]

Date Institute Rafael Correa Guillermo Lasso Lucio Gutiérrez Alberto Acosta Álvaro Noboa Mauricio Rodas Norman Wray Nelson Zavala
03/08/10 CEDATOS[16] 38% - 19% - 2,9% - - -
22/10/11 CEDATOS[17] 40% 2,6% 5% - 3,1% - - -
13/11/11 Perfiles de Opinión[18] 48,9% - 3,5% 6,9% 3,6% - - -
16/03/12 CMS[19] 48,56% 4,60% 8,09% - 6,98% 0,52% - -
14/04/12 Opinión Pública[20] 39% - 6% - 3% - - -
29/04/12 Perfiles de Opinión[21] 50% 1% 4% 4% 3% - - -
31/05/12 Perfiles de Opinión[22] 52% 6% 3% 2% 4% 1% - -
15/07/12 Informe Confidencial[23] 50% 17% 8% 3% 4% 1% - -
04/08/12 Opinión Pública[24] 43% 7% 5% 2% 4% - - -
05/08/12 Perfiles de Opinión[25] 53,4% 14,4% 3,3% 4,9% 6,7% - - -
16/08/12 CMS[26] 41,75% 15,82% 8,22% 6,55% 5,72% - - -
18/08/12 Opinión Pública[27] 44% 8% 4% 2% 3% - - -
27/08/12 CEDATOS[28] 38% 11% 6% 4% 3% - - -
08/09/12 Opinión Pública[29] 44% 9% 5% 2% 2% 0% - -
16/09/12 Informe Confidencial[30] 48% 18% 8% 5% 4% - - -
18/09/12 CMS[31][32] 48% 10% 6% - 2% - - -
26/09/12 Perfiles de Opinión[33][34] 55,5% 11,4% 6,5% 3,8% 2,7% 0,2% - -
30/09/12 Perfiles de Opinión[35] 61,7% 12,6% 3,6% 2,6% 1,8% - - -
07/10/12 CEDATOS[36] 44% 18% 6,9% 6,5% 2,3% - - -
09/10/12 CMS[37] 47,08% 11,03% 3,43% 4,54% 2,57% - - -
15/10/12 CIEES[38] 51% 13% 8% 7% 5% 1% - -
22/10/12 Market[39] 38% 24% 11% 3% 4% - - -
27/10/12 Opinión Pública[40] 54% 16% 5% 4% - - - -
30/10/12 Market[41] 40,20% 23,19% 15,02% 6,40% 4,31% - - -
31/10/12 CEDATOS[42] 46% 19% 8% 7% 2% - - -
10/11/12 Opinión Pública[43] 50,5% 15,2% 4,6% 3,2% 2,4% 0,3% 0,1% -
14/11/12 Market[44] 39% 25% 13% 6% 2% - - -
19/11/12 Perfiles de Opinión[45] 56% 15% 7% 4% 3% - - -
28/11/12 Opinión Pública[46] 51,2% 14,9% 5,4% 3,7% 1,8% 0,4% 0,3% 0,1%
29/11/12 CEDATOS[47] 53% 22% 10% 8% 2% 1% 2% 2%
01/12/12 Opinión Pública[48] 51,2% 13,8% 3,1% 4,7% 2,2% 0,5% 0,4% 0,4%
14/12/12 Perfiles de Opinión[49] 62,8% 10,7% 4,1% 2,8% 2,1% 0,2% 0,3% 0,2%
15/12/12 Opinión Pública[50] 51,2% 14,7% 6% 3,5% 3,6% 0,7% 0,9% 0,2%
21/12/12 Perfiles de Opinión[51] 60,6% 11,2% 4,5% 3,5% 1,8% 0,3% 0,2% 0,2%
06/01/13 CIEES[52] 53,3% 14,95% 8,85% 2.4% 8,45% 0,55% 0,2% 0,35%
10/01/13 Opinión Pública[53] 56,7% 12,1% 4,4% 3,4% 2% 0,5% 0,3% 0,6%
13/01/13 CMS[54] 47,65% 7,98% 1,44% 1,57% 0,80% 0,42% 0,40% 0,34%
18/01/13 Market[55] 49% 18% 12% 6% 4% 1% 2% 2%
23/01/13 Perfiles de Opinión[56] 63% 9% 4% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%
26/01/13 Opinión Pública[57] 55,9% 12,9% 5,2% 4,4% 2,3% 1,9% 1,3% 0,6%
02/02/13 CIEES[58] 53,1% 19,5% 6,9% 5,2% 4,3% 2,1% 2,7% 3%
05/02/13 ARCOP[59] 37,5% 29,5% 6,5% 4,5% 2% 1,5% 0% 1%
06/02/13 CMS[60] 48,18% 9,98% 2,05% 1,87% 0,85% 1,36% 0,53% 0,36%
07/02/13 Perfiles de Opinión[61] 61,5% 9,2% 3,8% 2,5% 1,6% 1,3% 0,6% 0,6%
16/02/13 Market[62] 64,1% 16,4% 7,3% 4,5% 3,6% 2,5% 0,8% 0,9%
17/02/13 CEDATOS[63] 61,5% 20,9% 6,0% 2,9% 3,5% 3,1% 1,0% 1,1%
17/02/13 CIEES[64] 58,8% 23,1% 5,5% 3,0% 3,6% 3,3% 1,4% 1,3%

Results

President

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

National Assembly

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

Reactions

Banker Guillermo Lasso, the runner-up in the vote, conceded his defeat in broad terms, by stating: “I recognise the triumph of President Correa.”[9] Thousands of Correa's backers celebrated in Quito's main square just after the polls closed. Speaking from the balcony of the Presidential Palace, Correa thanked them for their "immense trust.” [65]

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