2006 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 15 October 2006 to elect a new President and National Congress.

2006 Ecuadorian general election
15 October 2006 (2006-10-15)
 
Nominee Rafael Correa Álvaro Noboa
Party PAIS Alliance PRIAN
Running mate Lenin Moreno Vicente Taiano
Popular vote 3,517,635 2,689,418
Percentage 56.67% 43.33%
Map of results of the second round by provinces.
President before election

Alfredo Palacio

 Elected President

Rafael Correa
PAIS Alliance

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As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off was held on 26 November, which was won by Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance.[1]

Noteworthy lack of reporting of null votes

According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the first-round total of null and blank votes was 1,091,833, which is less than the vote for either of the top two candidates.

Run-off

On November 28, 2006, Correa was declared the winner, although Noboa did not accept defeat, and suggested that he might challenge the validity of the ballot.[2]

According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), out of 97.29% of the votes counted, 57.07% were for Correa and 42.96% for Noboa. Among others, the Organization of American States, US ambassador Linda Jewell, and representatives of many South American countries have recognised Correa as the winner of the election. However, as of November 29, 2006, Álvaro Noboa had still not admitted defeat.[3]

Rafael Correa was duly sworn in as president for a four-year term on January 15, 2007.

Opinion polls

First round

Second round

Results

President
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Álvaro NoboaInstitutional Renewal Party of National Action1,464,25126.832,689,41843.33
Rafael CorreaPAIS Alliance/PS-FA1,246,33322,843,517,63556.67
Gilmar GutiérrezJanuary 21 Patriotic Society Party950,89517.42
León Roldós AguileraDemocratic Left (Ecuador)809,75414.84
Cynthia ViteriSocial Christian Party (Ecuador)525,7289.63
Luis MacasPachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country119,5772.19
Fernando RoseroEcuadorian Roldosist Party113,3232.08
Marco Proaño MayaMovimiento de Reivindicación Democrática77,6551.42
Luis VillacísDemocratic People's Movement72,7621.33
Jaime DamervalConcentration of People's Forces25,2840.46
Marcelo Larrea CabreraAlianza Tercera República23,2330.43
Lenin TorresMovimiento Revolucionario de Participación Popular15,3570.28
Carlos Sagnay de la BastidaIntegración Nacional Alfarista13,4550.25
Invalid/blank votes1,092,070–752,179–
Total6,549,6771006,950,232100
Registered voters/turnout9,165,12583.499,165,12589.20
Source: CNE

Congress
 Summary of the 15 October 2006 Ecuadorian National Congress election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional) - - 28
January 21 Patriotic Society Party (Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero) - - 24
Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristiano;) - - 13
Party of the Democratic Left (Partido Izquierda Democrática) - - 7
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano) - - 6
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País) - - 6
Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana) - - 5
Ethics and Democracy Network - - 5
Democratic People's Movement - - 3
Partido Socialista - Frente Amplio de Ecuador - - 1
Acción Regional por la Equidad (ARE) - - 1
Movement Civic New Country (Movimiento Ciudadano Nuevo País) - - 1
Total (turnout 71.95%) - - 100
Source:

References
  1. "Ecuador's Correa wins vote, faces tough task". Reuters. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
  2. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=winterOlympics&storyID=2006-11-28T175548Z_01_N19156110_RTRUKOC_0_US-ECUADOR-ELECTION.xml%5B%5D "Correa wins Ecuador's presidential vote: official"
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_6194000/6194034.stm BBC News (in Spanish): Correa "nuevo presidente de Ecuador"
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