2007_Ecuadorian_Constituent_Assembly_election

2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election

2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election

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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Ecuador on 30 September 2007. A Constituent Assembly was established following an April referendum on doing so. A total of 130 delegates were elected; 24 members from national lists, 100 elected from provincial constituencies and six for overseas votes.[1]

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The large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) caused the elections to be the most complex in Ecuador's history.[2] Although polls indicated that Correa's PAIS Alliance would win a plurality in the election, but not a majority,[3] PAIS won a landslide victory, winning 80 of the 130 seats, giving the party the power to dismiss Congress and make the substantial constitutional reforms for which Correa has been calling.[4] PAIS won all six foreign seats.[5]

The Constituent Assembly was to be set up on 31 October 2007 and have six months (with a possible extension of two months) to draft a new constitution, which will then have to be ratified in a referendum.[6] However, the installation of the Assembly was delayed to 29 November 2007[7] due to delays in the official proclamation of the final result.

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References

  1. "- Prensa Latina". Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  2. "Ecuador to Hold Most Complex Elections in History" Archived March 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Prensa Latina, September 17, 2007.
  3. "Correa Allies Nowhere Near Majority in Ecuador: Angus Reid Global Monitor". www.angus-reid.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. "Archived copy". www.eluniverso.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Ecuadorans vote for Constituent Assembly", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), October 1, 2007.

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