2009 Ecuadorian general election

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]

2009 Ecuadorian general election

April 26, 2009

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%

Map of results of the first round by provinces.

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.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Rafael Correa	PAIS Alliance	3,584,236	51.99
Lucio Gutiérrez	January 21 Patriotic Society Party	1,948,167	28.24
Álvaro Noboa	Institutional Renewal Party of National Action	789,021	11.40
Martha Roldós	Ethics and Democracy Network	299,573	4.33
Carlos Sagñay	Thousandfold Victory	108,275	1.57
Melba Jácome	Fertile Earth Movement	93,280	1.35
Diego Delgado Jara	Social Integration and Transformation	43,221	0.63
Carlos Gonzáles	Independent Just and Solidary Movement	33,714	0.49
Invalid/blank votes		1,030,836	–
Total		7,928,748	100
Registered voters/turnout		10,529,765	75.30
Source: CNE

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	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	1	+1
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/blank votes	2,136,288	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	66,600,280	100	15	103	6	124	–6
Source: CNE

References

1. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6533033.html
2. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/09/2008928232524769997.html
3. http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={770AB960-1BD0-4417-8B3F-364526BF6886})&language=EN Archived March 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-03. Retrieved 2009-04-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/ecuador/5231100/Rafael-Correa-wins-second-term-as-Ecuador-president.html
6. http://www.vistazo.com/ea/columnas/imprimir.php?Vistazo.com&id=2391%5B%5D