2023 Ecuadorian general election
Electoral System:
The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President may serve up to two 4-year terms.
All 137 members of the National Assembly are directly elected and serve 4-year terms. Among them, 116 are elected by plurality vote in single-seat constituencies, 15 are elected by proportional representation vote in a single, nationwide constituency, and 6 are elected by plurality vote multi-seat constituencies representing Ecuadorians abroad.
In Ecuador, voting is mandatory for Ecuadorians from 18 to 64 years of age. This group includes persons deprived of their liberty without an enforceable conviction.
The optional vote, that is to say that it is not obligatory, is for young people between 16 and 17 years of age. Persons 65 years of age or older also have the optional vote. Like Ecuadorians living abroad, members of the Armed Forces and National Police on active duty, people with disabilities and illiterates.
The officials elected in 2023 Ecuadorian general election, to both the executive (10/15/2023) and legislative branches (08/20/2023), will serve out the remainder of the current presidential and legislative terms (2021–2025).
To win outright, a candidate needed 50% of the vote, or to have at least 40% with a 10-point lead over the closest opponent.
A regular election for a full four-year term is expected to follow in early 2025.
On 20 August, Luisa González advanced to the run-off election after finishing in first place, winning 33% of the vote.
His debate performance in days before the election, was seen as a key factor to his second place finish. Violence, political stability and the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio were heavily noted a key factors for voters.
Also advancing to the run-off, businessman Daniel Noboa's second place finish was seen as a surprise as his polling numbers were low in the days before the election.
His debate performance in days before the election, was seen as a key factor to his second place finish. Violence, political stability and the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio were heavily noted a key factors for voters.
In the National Assembly, the Citizen Revolution Movement won the most votes, coming in the first place at nearly 40% of the popular vote.
In second place, Villavicencio's Movimiento Construye won 20% of the popular vote.
Also on the ballot, were votes on a referendum on oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park and a local one on metallic mining in the Chocó Andino.
Voters voted to approve both measures, banning both oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park, and metallic mining in the Chocó Andino.
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2023 Ecuadorian general election
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Snap general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to vote for President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly and two referendums. Elections followed the invocation of muerte cruzada, which dissolved the National Assembly on 17 May 2023. A run-off election will be held on 15 October 2023.
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