021 Ecuadorian general election
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2021 Ecuadorian general election
← 2017 7 February 2021 (first round)
11 April 2021 (second round) 2025 →
Registered First round: 13,099,150[1] (Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.2%)
Turnout First round: 80.99% (Red Arrow Down.svg0.58%)
Second round: 82.71%
Presidential election
Guillermo Lasso by Samurai Juan (cropped).jpg Andrés Arauz (cropped).jpg
Candidate Guillermo Lasso Andrés Arauz
Party CREO Union for Hope
Alliance CREO-PSC UNES
Running mate Alfredo Borrero Vega Carlos Rabascall
Popular vote 4,655,964 4,235,996
Percentage 52.36% 47.64%
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First round results
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President before election
Lenín Moreno
PAIS Alliance
Elected President
Guillermo Lasso
CREO
Republic of Ecuador
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General elections were held in Ecuador on 7 February 2021, established by the
National Electoral Council (CNE) as the date for the first round of the
presidential election and a vote on mining in Cuenca.[2][3] Incumbent president
Lenín Moreno, who had held the office since his victory over Guillermo Lasso in
2017, did not seek reelection.[4]
Although delaying the election due to the coronavirus pandemic was discussed,[5] on
15 December 2020 the CNE announced the electoral calendar would not shift and
confirmed elections would take place in February 2021.[6]
In first round results, Andrés Arauz had a significant lead, but one not large
enough to avoid a runoff with Lasso, who had narrowly beaten third-place finisher
Yaku Pérez. Final results were delayed due to a requested[clarification needed]
recount of votes in some provinces,[7][8] but on 19 February, the CNE confirmed
Lasso would be Arauz's rival in the second round.
On 11 April,[9] Lasso defeated Arauz, which news outlets called an upset victory.
[10][11][12] The presidential inauguration is scheduled for 24 May.[13]
Contents
1 Background
2 Electoral system
3 Presidential candidates
3.1 Andrés Arauz
3.2 Guillermo Lasso
3.3 Yaku Pérez Guartambel
3.4 Others
4 Endorsements
5 Opinion polls
5.1 First round
5.2 Second round
6 Results
6.1 President
6.1.1 First round by province
6.1.2 Second round by province
6.2 National Assembly
6.3 Andean Parliament
6.4 Cuenca mining referendum
7 References
Background
The previous Ecuadorian general election, on 19 February 2017 (alongside a
referendum on tax havens)[14] saw voters elect a new president and National
Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa, of the PAIS Alliance, had already
served two terms and was ineligible for reelection. In the first round of
presidential elections, PAIS Alliance candidate Lenín Moreno received 39% of the
vote. Although he was more than 10% ahead of his nearest rival, Guillermo Lasso of
the Creating Opportunities party, he was short of the 40% threshold required to
avoid a run-off, and a second round was held on 2 April.[15] In the second round
Moreno was elected president with 51.16% of the vote;[16][17] the National
Electoral Council announced on 13 April that it would recount all ballots contested
by both parties (accounting to about 10% of the total vote),[18] after which Moreno
was awarded an additional 1,594 votes and retained his majority.[19]
Incumbent president Lenín Moreno's approval rating dropped drastically from 77%
after his election in 2017 to only 7% of approval by end of 2019.[20]
Francis Fukuyama described 2020 as having brought "mostly bad news regarding the
state of global democracy" in a Wall Street Journal article on 15 December of the
same year, specifically citing Ecuador as an example of "severe crises of
authority" due to the economic recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]
Electoral system
The president is elected using a modified two-round system, with a candidate
required to get over 50% of the vote, or get over 40% of the vote and be 10% ahead
of their nearest rival to be elected in the first round.[22] The president is
limited to two consecutive four-year terms.[23]
Members of the National Assembly are elected by three methods. Fifteen are elected
by closed list proportional representation in a nationwide constituency. Six are
elected by overseas voters (two each from Canada/United States, Latin America and
Asia/Europe/Oceania). The remaining 116 members are elected from multi-member
constituencies by closed list proportional representation, with all seats allocated
using the Webster method.[24][25] Members of theατικής και επεκτατικής πολιτικής. Η
εκλογική νίκη των σοσιαλιστών και των καθολικών το 1913 οδήγησε στην παραίτηση του
Τζιολίτι, τον οποίο διαδέχτηκε ο Σαλάντρα (1914). Μετά από μια διακήρυξη ουδετερόα
συνεχούς μείωσης (το 2001 ο πληθυσμός μείωθηκε κάτω από τους 95000 κατοίκους, το
χαμηλότερο ποσοστό των τελευταίων τριάντα ετών), σημείωσε ανάκαμψη και στις αρχές
του 2007 ξεπέρασε τις 100000. Η πρώτη φορά που η πόλη του Μπολτσάνο ξεπέρασε τους
100000 κατοίκους ήταν το Νοέμβριο του 1966, ενώ ο μέγιστος αριθμός κατοίκων
σημειώθηκε το Δεκέμβριο του 1975 με 107.112 κατοίκους. Μετά το 1966 το χαμηλότερο
ρεκόρ καταγράφηκε στην απογραφή του 2001, η οποία κατέγραψε π
