Ecuador National Assembly election 2017 live Voting Dates Opinion Exit Poll Candidates
South America February 19, 2017,
Ecuador National Assembly election 2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll
Ecuador federal election Dates 2017
National Assembly Election Date: 19 Februrary 2017
General elections will be held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens. Voters will elect a new President and National Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa is not eligible for re-election, having served two terms.
With Correa ineligible for re-election, his supporters formed an organisation Rafael Contigo Siempre (Always with you Rafael) to campaign for a constitutional amendment to allow him to run again. With signatures from 8% of the electorate required to hold a referendum (929,062), a total of 1.2 million were collected. However, Correa stated that he was planning on retiring from politics and would not run again
Ecuador General Presidential election Results Live 2017
95.3% votes Counted | |
Candidate | Vote % |
Moreno | 39.21% |
Lasso | 28.34% |
- The winner needs 40 percent of valid votes and a 10 percentage point difference over the nearest rival to avoid a second round on April 2.
- Till Last Updates Moreno got 39.2 percent of valid votes versus 28.34 percent for Lasso.
- This Would Mean that there would be a second round in April to choose the president of Ecuador between the 2 candidates.
- Leftist candidate Lenin Moreno was winning Ecuador's presidential election on Sunday, but still short of margin needed to avoid a runoff against conservative ex-banker Guillermo Lasso.
- There is lot of anger over an economic downturn and corruption scandals, still ruling party has strong support among the country's poor.
Electoral system of Ecuador
The President is elected using a modified two-round system, with a candidate required to get over 40% of the vote and be 10% ahead of their nearest rival to be elected in the first round.
The 137 members of the National Assembly are elected by three methods; 116 are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting, 15 are elected from a nationwide constituency using proportional representation, with six elected from three two-member constituencies representing Ecuadorians living overseas. Voting is compulsory except for voters aged 16–18 or over 65 and people classed as illiterate
The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Ecuador that replaced the National Congress in 2009, under the 2008 Constitution. The current President of the Assembly is Gabriela Rivadeneira, as of May 14, 2013. Within Ecuador, the National Assembly has the power to pass laws, while appointment of judges to the National Court of Justice is done by a separate Judicial Council
Candidates Opinion Poll for National Assembly Elections 2017
Date
|
Institute | Lenín | Guillermo | Cynthia | Paco |
Moreno | Lasso | Viteri | Moncayo | ||
08-02-2017
|
Opinión Pública | 34.20% | 18.20% | 13.70% | 7.40% |
08-02-2017 |
CIEES | 43.30% | 21.30% | 12.60% | 10.80% |
08-02-2017 |
CMS | 25.63% | 15.18% | 6.64% | 5.52% |
Ecuador Parties and leaders
Voters in Ecuador go to the polls Sunday for the first time in a decade to elect a president other than Rafael Correa.
Ecuador National Assembly Election Results 2017
The Results would be declared on 19th evening or by 20th Feb.