2009 Ecuadorian general election
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Article ImagesAn early general election was held on 26 April 2009 in Ecuador following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum held on 28 September 2008.[1] President Rafael Correa ran for his first term under the new constitution. The election was initially expected to be held in October 2010.[2][3]
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Among the candidates for President were current President Rafael Correa, supported by his PAIS Alliance and the Socialist Party; Álvaro Noboa ran under the banner of the PRIAN and had the support of the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Christian Democratic Union. Former president Lucio Gutiérrez ran as the candidate of the January 21 Patriotic Society Party.
Preliminary results suggested that Correa had won reelection in the first round easily,[4] surpassing 50% of the vote, followed by Gutiérrez coming in second with about 28% of the vote. Whether Correa's party will have an absolute majority in parliament is not yet known.[5]
In addition Correa became the first sitting president to be reelected since García Moreno since 1875.[6]
The full results of the seat distribution was still known, though it was assumed that PAIS would have 59 seats, PSP 19, PSC/MG 11, PRIAN 7, MPD 5, the Municipalist Movement 5, and others less than 5 seats.
Opinion polls
Date | Pollster | Correa | Gutiérrez | Noboa | Roldós | Sagñay | Jácome | Delgado | Gonzáles |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
02/08/08 | S.P.Investigaciones | 38% | 6% | 6% | – | – | – | – | – |
23/01/09 | Informe Confidencial | 54% | 8% | – | 5% | – | – | – | – |
21/02/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 54% | 11% | 13% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
28/02/09 | Perfiles de Opinión | 48% | 9.5% | 11.5% | 4% | – | – | – | – |
28/02/09 | Informe Confidencial | 47.5% | 5.5% | 12.5% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
01/03/09 | CMS | 47.41%% | 5.82% | 4.81% | 1.84% | – | – | – | – |
08/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 48% | 9% | 10% | – | – | – | – | – |
10/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 47.5% | – | 12.5% | – | – | – | – | – |
09/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 50% | 13% | 11% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
15/03/09 | Perfiles de Opinión | 47% | 10% | 13% | 8% | – | – | – | – |
15/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 54% | 11% | 13% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
15/03/09 | CEDATOS | 46% | 11% | 14% | 4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
16/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 53% | 13% | 11% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
21/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 52% | 12% | 11% | 8% | – | – | – | – |
22/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 48% | 7.5% | 15% | – | – | – | – | – |
23/03/09 | Perfiles de Opinión | 47.5% | 7% | 16% | 10% | – | – | – | – |
25/03/09 | CMS | 55% | – | 13% | – | – | – | – | – |
27/03/09 | CEDATOS | 48.5% | 14.6% | 12.9% | 7.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
28/03/09 | CMS | 52% | 9% | 8% | – | – | – | – | – |
28/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 53% | 12% | 12% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
30/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 48% | 9% | 10% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
03/04/09 | CEDATOS | 49.2% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 7.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
03/04/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 53.7% | 12.4% | 10.1% | 6.5% | – | – | – | – |
06/04/09 | Market | 57.5% | 12.7% | 13.5% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
06/04/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 51% | 13% | 12% | 9% | – | – | – | – |
06/04/09 | CMS | 47.6% | 15% | 8.6% | 6.4% | – | – | – | – |
06/04/09 | CEDATOS | 50.5% | 17.7% | 15.3% | 8.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
26/04/09 | CEDATOS | 55.2% | 27.7% | 10.2% | 3.4% | – | – | – | – |
26/04/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 56% | 29% | 8% | 4% | – | – | – | – |
26/04/09 | CMS | 54.92% | 23.74% | 7.74% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
Results
Political party | Candidate | Votes 1.ª round |
% en 1.ª round | |
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PAIS Alliance | Rafael Correa | 3.584.236 | 51,99% | |
January 21 Patriotic Society Party | Lucio Gutiérrez | 1.948.167 | 28,24% | |
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action | Álvaro Noboa | 789.021 | 11,40% | |
Ethics and Democracy Network | Martha Roldós | 299.573 | 4,33% | |
Thousandfold Victory | Carlos Sagñay | 108.275 | 1,57% | |
Fertile Earth Movement | Melba Jácome | 93.280 | 1,35% | |
Social Integration and Transformation | Diego Delgado Jara | 43,221 | 0,63% | |
Independent Just and Solidary Movement | Carlos Gonzáles | 33,714 | 0,49% |
National Assembly
Parties | Votes (national) |
% | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Provincial | Abroad | TOTAL | +/– | |||
Alianza PAIS | 27,751,651 | 43.0 | 7 | 47 | 5 | 59 | -21 |
January 21 Patriotic Society Party | 9,779,869 | 15.2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Social Christian Party | 8,559,831 | 13.3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | +6 |
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action | 3,875,395 | 6.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -1 |
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 2,872,465 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +2 |
Democratic People's Movement | 2,766,276 | 4.3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | +1 |
Ethics and Democracy Network/Independent Movement Democratic Pole | 1,350,937 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
National Democratic Coalition | 1,341,635 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Municipalist Movement for National Integrity | 1,246,643 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | New |
Democratic left | 1,108,744 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | 948,638 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Christian Democratic Union | 732,287 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fertile Earth Movement | 619,766 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
National Agreement | 482,598 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social Integration and Transformation | 288,698 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thousandfold Victory | 283,124 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Independent Just and Solidary Movement | 256,805 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National Movement for Social Reconciliation | 198,630 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Independents and Regionalists | - | - | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | +7 |
Invalid votes | 762,872 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Blank votes | 1,373,416 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 10,529,765 | 100 | 15 | 103 | 6 | 124 | |
Source: CNE |
References
- ^ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6533033.html
- ^ http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/09/2008928232524769997.html
- ^ http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={770AB960-1BD0-4417-8B3F-364526BF6886})&language=EN Archived March 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6275173/Ecuadors-president-looks-set-to-win-election
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/ecuador/5231100/Rafael-Correa-wins-second-term-as-Ecuador-president.html
- ^ http://www.vistazo.com/ea/columnas/imprimir.php?Vistazo.com&id=2391