Elections in Ecuador gives information on election

Election

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...

 and election results in Ecuador

Politics of Ecuador

Politics of Ecuador takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Ecuador is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...

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Ecuador elects on national level a head of state

Head of State

A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

, (a president

President

A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

), and a legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

. The President of the Republic and his vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people. The National Congress

National Congress of Ecuador

The National Congress was the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Ecuador prior to November 2007....

(Congreso Nacional) has 100 members elected for a four year term in the 22 provinces (so in fact multi-seat constituencies).

Ecuador has a multi-party system, with numerous parties

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone; consequently; parties

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 must work with each other to form coalition government

Coalition government

A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...

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2009 Presidential elections

Rafael Correa's first term in office was due to end on January 15, 2011, but the new approved constitution written by the new National Assembly mandated general elections for April 26, 2009. In that election, Rafael Correa won in the first round with 51.9% of votes counted, the first time since 1979 for a representative to be elected without having to face a second round. Consequently, Correa began a new term in office due to end on August 10, 2013 and his presidency could be extended by reelection until 2017.

2006 Presidential elections

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Ecuador's Presidential Election: Background on Economic Issues, issue brief from the Center for Economic and Policy Research