2023 Ecuadorian general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in Ecuador in 2023.[1] Incumbent president Guillermo Lasso is eligible for a second term.[2] On 17 May 2023, president Lasso dissolved the National Assembly, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he presented his defense in an impeachment process against him.[3]

2023 Ecuadorian general election
2023
Presidential election
Incumbent President

Guillermo Lasso
CREO


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    Minister: José Valencia Amores (list)
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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. The president is limited to two consecutive four-year terms.

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. Members of the National Assembly are limited to two four-year terms, either consecutive or not. There are gender quotas for the party lists, meaning there is alternation between men and women. There are no quotas for minority representation.

Presidential candidates

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Notes
  1. The images in this gallery are in the public domain or are otherwise free to use. This gallery should not be construed as a list of major or noteworthy candidates. If a candidate is not included in this gallery, it is only because there are no high-quality, copyright-free photographs of them available on the Internet.

References
  1. "Lasso quisiera gobernar nuevamente en 2025". Radio La Calle (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. "Guillermo Lasso no descarta buscar la reelección en el 2025 - Radio Pichincha". Pichincha Comunicaciones EP (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. Valencia, Alexandra (17 May 2023). "Ecuador president dissolves legislature, bringing elections forward". Reuters. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. "Lasso quisiera gobernar nuevamente en 2025". Radio La Calle (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. "Carlos Rabascall anuncia que será candidato presidencial para 2025; Centro Democrático lo respalda". El Universo. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. "Yaku Pérez será candidato en el 2023 y en presidenciales del 2025". Expectativa (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  7. "Pedro Freile empujará una nueva candidatura presidencial en el 2025 con su movimiento Amigo". El Universo. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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