1997 Ecuadorian Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Ecuador on 30 November 1997.[1] They followed a referendum earlier in the year, in which 65% of voters voted in favour of electing an Assembly.[2] The referendum was held after a military coup on 5 February.[1]
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The Socialist Party emerged as the largest faction in the Assembly, winning 20 of the 70 seats.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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Socialist Party | 768,514 | 24.8 | 20 |
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 441,165 | 14.2 | 7 |
Popular Democracy | 291,835 | 9.4 | 10 |
New Country | 196,572 | 6.2 | 2 |
New People | 190,083 | 6.1 | 1 |
Democratic People's Movement | 154,739 | 5.0 | 3 |
Freedom Party-Alfarista Radical Front | 141,646 | 4.6 | 5 |
Democratic Left | 134,853 | 4.4 | 3 |
Pachakutik Movement | 128,461 | 4.1 | 7 |
People's Democracy-Democratic Left | 34,754 | 1.1 | 3 |
ID-PSE-MP | 15,690 | 0.5 | 2 |
CFP-PSC | 8,904 | 0.3 | 1 |
ALAP-NP | 6,312 | 0.2 | 1 |
MSI | 4,363 | 0.1 | 1 |
PL-FRA-DP | 1,829 | 0.1 | 1 |
ID-PSE-MP-NP | 1,248 | 0.0 | 1 |
FRA-PSE | 1,067 | 0.0 | 1 |
MIPCD | 557 | 0.0 | 1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,071,590 | – | – |
Total | 4,168,099 | 100 | 70 |
Registered voters/turnout | 6,974,623 | 59.8 | – |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Ecuador, 25 May 1997: Election of a Constitutional Assembly Direct Democracy (in German)
- Nohlen, pp386–387
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