2009 Ecuadorian general election


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An 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]

Ecuadorian general election, 2009
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Nominee Rafael Correa Lucio Gutiérrez Álvaro Noboa
Party PAIS Alliance PSP PRIAN
Running mate Lenin Moreno Felipe Mantilla Anabella Azín
Popular vote 3,586,439 1,947,830 786,718
Percentage 51.99% 28.24% 11.41%
President before election

Rafael Correa
PAIS Alliance

Elected President

Rafael Correa
PAIS Alliance

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
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%
Invalid/blank votes 1,030,836 –
Total 7,928,748 100
Registered voters/turnout 10,529,765 -
Source: CNE

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

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