Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
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On 30 September 2007 an election for a Constituent Assembly
was held in Ecuador
following the referendum on this issue
successfully held on 15 April 2007. 130 delegates were elected: 24 members from national lists, 100 representing the provinces and six for emigrants living outside Ecuador.http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={A1BF8F61-D39F-411E-91C4-32010BC8E388})&language=EN
Due to the extraordinarly large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) the election was the most complex in Ecuador's history. Although polls indicated that Correa's PAIS Alliance would win a plurality in the election, but not a majority,http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28285/correa_allies_nowhere_near_majority_in_ecuador PAIS won a landslide victory, winning at least 72 of the 130 seats, giving the party the power to dismiss Congress and make the substantial constitutional reforms for which Correa has been calling.http://www.eluniverso.com/2007/10/02/0001/1/graficos/F685C4893D734CA5A42F4AB7B1228050.aspx PAIS won all six foreign seats.http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=144627&id_seccion=3
The Constituent Assembly was to be set up on 31 October 2007, and from then it will 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
. However, the installation of the Assembly was delayed to 29 November 2007 due to delays in the official proclamation of the final result.
Note that some of the provincial seats were won by coalitions of parties running separately on the national slate; due to different distributions of these joint Assembly members, reports on the number of seats won by each party may vary from source to source.
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly was a 2007-2008 constitutional assembly in Ecuador, which drafted the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, approved via the Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008....
was held in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
following the referendum on this issue
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum, 2007
A referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to rewrite the constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007, although it had originally been planned for 18 March 2007. The referendum was called by President Rafael Correa on 15 January 2007. The Constituent Assembly Election was held on 30...
successfully held on 15 April 2007. 130 delegates were elected: 24 members from national lists, 100 representing the provinces and six for emigrants living outside Ecuador.http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={A1BF8F61-D39F-411E-91C4-32010BC8E388})&language=EN
Due to the extraordinarly large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) the election was the most complex in Ecuador's history. Although polls indicated that Correa's PAIS Alliance would win a plurality in the election, but not a majority,http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28285/correa_allies_nowhere_near_majority_in_ecuador PAIS won a landslide victory, winning at least 72 of the 130 seats, giving the party the power to dismiss Congress and make the substantial constitutional reforms for which Correa has been calling.http://www.eluniverso.com/2007/10/02/0001/1/graficos/F685C4893D734CA5A42F4AB7B1228050.aspx PAIS won all six foreign seats.http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=144627&id_seccion=3
The Constituent Assembly was to be set up on 31 October 2007, and from then it will 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
Ecuadorian constitutional referendum, 2008
A constitutional referendum was held in Ecuador on 28 September 2008 to ratify or reject the constitution drafted by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly elected in 2007. Partial results show that 64% of voters voted to approve the new constitution....
. However, the installation of the Assembly was delayed to 29 November 2007 due to delays in the official proclamation of the final result.
Note that some of the provincial seats were won by coalitions of parties running separately on the national slate; due to different distributions of these joint Assembly members, reports on the number of seats won by each party may vary from source to source.