Election Profile:

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  • Country: Ecuador
  • Official Name: Republic of Ecuador
  • Election Type: Presidential
  • First Round: October 15, 2006
    Second Round: November 26, 2006
Source for election date

At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Ecuador

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Alfredo PALACIO *
  • Head of Government: President Alfredo PALACIO **
  • Assembly: Ecuador has a unicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) with 100 seats.

* The President is elected by majority vote to serve a 4-year term. Presidential elections take place under a two-round majority run-off system. In order to win in the first round, a candidate must garner at least 40% of the vote and have a 10 point advantage over the closest rival.

** The president is both the chief of state and head of government. Alfredo PALACIO became President after former President Lucio GUTIERREZ was removed from office by Congress in April 2005.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by majority vote to serve a 4-year term.
  • In the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) 100 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

  • Rafael CORREA
    Alliance: Country Alliance / Alianza PAIS
  • ?lvaro NOBOA
    Party: National Action Institutional Renewal Party / Partido Renovador Institucional Acción Nacional (PRIAN)

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

  • Álvaro NOBOA
    Party: National Action Institutional Renewal Party / Partido Renovador Institucional Acción Nacional (PRIAN)
  • Rafael CORREA
    Alliance: Country Alliance / Alianza PAIS
  • Gilmar GUTIÉRREZ
    Party: Patriotic Society Party / Partido Sociedad Patriótica (PSP)
  • León ROLDÓS
    Alliance: Democratic Left - Ethical and Democratic Network / Alianza Izquierda Democrática y Red Democrática (ID- RED)
  • Cynthia VITERI
    Party: Social Christian Party / Partido Social Cristiano (PSC)
  • Luis MACAS
    Party: Pachakutik Plurinational United Movement - New Country / Movimiento Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik - Nuevo País (MUPP-NP)
  • Fernando ROSERO
    Party: Ecuadorian Roldosist Party / Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (PRE)
  • Marco Proaño MAYA
    Party: Movement for Democratic Vindication / Movimiento de la Renovación Democrática (MRD)
  • Other Candidates
    Party: N/A

Last Presidential election:

  • The last presidential election was held on October 15 with a run-off on November 24. Lucio Edwin GUTIERREZ Borbua won with 54.79% against Alvaro Fernando NOBOA Ponton who obtained 45.21%.

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 13,547,510 (July 2006 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 9,165,125 (October 2006 )

Last Updated on 02/04/2010