Ecuadorian Constitutional Assembly election, 1997

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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Ecuador on 30 November 1997.^[1] They followed a referendum earlier in the year, in which 65% of voters voted in favour of electing an Assembly.^[2] The referendum was held after a military coup on 5 February.^[1]

The Socialist Party emerged as the largest faction in the Assembly, winning 20 of the 70 seats.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Socialist Party	768,514	24.8	20
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party	441,165	14.2	7
People's Democracy	291,835	9.4	10
New Country	196,572	6.2	2
New People	190,083	6.1	1
Democratic People's Movement	154,739	5.0	3
Freedom Party-Alfarista Radical Front	141,646	4.6	5
Democratic Left	134,853	4.4	3
Pachakutik Movement	128,461	4.1	7
People's Democracy-Democratic Left	34,754	1.1	3
ID-PSE-MP	15,690	0.5	2
CFP-PSC	8,904	0.3	1
ALAP-NP	6,312	0.2	1
MSI	4,363	0.1	1
PL-FRA-DP	1,829	0.1	1
ID-PSE-MP-NP	1,248	0.0	1
FRA-PSE	1,067	0.0	1
MIPCD	557	0.0	1
Invalid/blank votes	1,071,590	–	–
Total	4,168,099	100	70
Registered voters/turnout	6,974,623	59.8	–
Source: Nohlen

References

1 2 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Ecuador, 25 May 1997: Election of a Constitutional Assembly Direct Democracy (German)
↑ Nohlen, pp386–387

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