Ecuador elects on the national level a president and a legislature. The President of the Republic and the Vice President are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) has 137 members elected for a four-year term in the 24 provinces (so multi-seat constituencies).

Ecuador has a mandatory universal voting system. Citizens who fail to vote are fined. To facilitate universal voting, elections are always held on Sundays and seen as community events where everyone must contribute to the work of voting days.

Presidential elections

Presidential elections in Ecuador are conducted every four years.

Elections use a run off system where a candidate must get over 40% of valid votes and have a minimum 10% lead over the runner up to win in only one round. This is known as winning an "absolute majority".

If no candidate meets those criteria, then the two leading candidates will run against each other in a second election that is held within 45 days off the first election. This stage is known as "Ballotage".

Whoever comes out of Ballotage with more votes will win the presidency.

Past elections

2013 presidential elections

Candidate Party Votes %
Rafael CorreaMovimiento Alianza PAIS4,918,48257.17
Guillermo LassoCreating Opportunities1,951,10222.68
Lucio GutiérrezJanuary 21 Patriotic Society Party578,8756.73
Mauricio RodasSUMA335,5323.90
Álvaro NoboaInstitutional Renewal Party of National Action319,9563.72
Alberto AcostaPlurinational Unity of the Lefts280,5393.26
Norman WrayRuptura 25112,5251.31
Nelson ZavalaEcuadorian Roldosist Party105,5921.23
Invalid/blank votes863,257–
Total9,465,860100
Registered voters/turnout11,675,44181.09
Source: CNE

2013 National Assembly elections

Party Votes % Seats
PR Constituency Abroad Total +/–
Alianza PAIS45,955,99552.30886 6 100+41
Creating Opportunities10,032,80411.4229 0 11New
Social Christian Party7,901,3158.9915 0 6–5
January 21 Patriotic Society Party4,955,3205.6414 0 5–14
Plurinational Unity of the Lefts4,151,0004.7214 0 5–4
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party3,960,1884.5110 0 1–2
SUMA2,829,0343.2210 0 1New
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action2,640,1813.0000 0 0–7
Partido Avanza2,568,1562.9205 0 5New
Ruptura 252,179,3832.4800 0 0New
Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador698,8290.8000 0 0–1
Independents and Regionalists–––3 0 3–
Invalid/blank votes2,083,795––––––
Total9,443,716100151166137+13
Registered voters/turnout11,675,44180.89–––––
Source: CNE, El Universo

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