National Assembly of Ecuador

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The National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) is the legislative branch of the government of Ecuador that replaced the National Congress in 2009, under the 2008 Constitution.^[1]

Results

e • d Summary of the 26 April 2009 Ecuadorian National Assembly election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	PAIS Movement (Movimiento PAIS)	1,655,785	45.78	59
	January 21 Patriotic Society Party (Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero)	538,769	14.90	19
	Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristiano)	491,033	13.58	11
	Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional)	209,491	5.79	7
	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano)	148,846	4.12	3
	Democratic People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Democrático)	146,594	4.05	5
	United Left (Ethics and Democracy Network/Independent Movement Democratic Pole) (Izquierda Unida (Red Ética y Democracia/Movimiento Independiente Polo Democrático))	68,153	1.88	—
	National Democratic Coalition Movement (Movimiento Concertación Nacional Democrática)	66,937	1.85	1
	Municipalist Movement for National Integrity (Movimiento Municipalista por la Integridad Nacional)	66,619	1.84	5
	Democratic Left (Izquierda Democrática)	51,939	1.44	3
	Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País)	49,722	1.37	4
	Fertile Earth Movement (Movimiento Tierra Fertil)	32,327	0.89	—
	Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana)	30,224	0.84	—
	Movement of National Agreement (Movimiento de Acuerdo Nacional)	18,872	0.52	—
	Thousandfold Victory Movement (Movimiento Triunfo Mil)	12,463	0.34	—
	Social Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Social)	12,060	0.33	—
	Independent Just and Solidary Movement (Movimiento Independiente Justo y Solidario)	9,749	0.27	—
	National Movement for Social Consensus (Movimiento Nacional por la Concertación Social)	7,173	0.20	—
	Independent Movement Deeds are Loves (Movimiento Independiente Obras son Amores; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
	Social Conservative Movement of Carchi (Movimiento Social Conservador del Carchi; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
	Independent Political Movement Amauta Yuyai (Movimiento Político Independiente Amauta Yuyai; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
	Autonomous Regional Movement (Movimiento Autonómico Regional; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
	Civic Conscience (Conciencia Ciudadana; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
	Regional Action for Equity/Latin American Popular Alliance (Acción Regional por la Equidad/Alianza Popular Latinoamericana; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
	Independent Movement United for Pastaza (Movimiento Independiente Unidos por Pastaza; only contested provincial elections)	—	—	1
Valid votes		3,616,756	100.00	124
Blank votes		1,372,165	23.86
Invalid votes		761,936	13.25
Total (turnout %)		5,750,857	—
Source: CNE, hoy.com.ec, CNE

Eligibility

According to Article 119 of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador, candidates to the National Assembly must meet the following requirements: 1) Be an Ecuadorian national. 2) Be at least 18 years of age at the time of registering for one's candidacy 3) Be in possession of political rights ^[2]

See also

• National Congress of Ecuador

References

1. ^ CIA (2010). CIA World Factbook 2010. Skyhorse. p. 204. ISBN 1602397279. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pqanFyF6nI0C&pg=PA204&dq=%22national+assembly%22+%22ecuador%22+constitution+2009&hl=en&ei=v_OlTOywA8jAswar-OSeCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22national%20assembly%22%20%22ecuador%22%20constitution%202009&f=false. 
2. ^ http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Ecuador/english08.html