2025 Ecuadorian general election
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| Turnout | 82.01% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Ecuador on 9 February 2025[1][2] for the presidency, the National Assembly, the 21 provincial assemblies, and Ecuador's representatives to the Andean Parliament. Voter turnout was approximately 82% and 83%, in the first and second rounds respectively.
In the presidential election, no candidate secured an outright majority in the first round, a run-off was conducted on 13 April 2025.[3] Incumbent President Daniel Noboa was re-elected for a full term, defeating Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution Movement in the second round.[4][5] This face-off was a re-match of the 2023 election.
In the National Assembly elections, the left leaning block formed by González's Citizen Revolution Movement and the RETO Movement (led by former President Rafael Correa), secured a narrow plurality in the National Assembly with 67 seats, followed closely by Noboa's National Democratic Action party with 66 seats.
In the first round, Noboa received 44.17% of the vote, slightly ahead of González, who received 44%. On 12 April 2025, a state of emergency was declared leading up to the second round.[6] In the second round, Noboa received 55.63% of the vote, defeating González by 11.25 percentage points. The result exceeded expectations, with Noboa's campaign notable for its focus on young voters.[7][8] González demanded a recount,[9] claiming the results had discrepancies with pre-election polls[10] and exit polls[11] and were fraudulent.[12][13] Several media outlets said that González's claims of fraud lacked evidence.[7][14][8][15] International observers, including the European Union and the Organization of American States, determined the elections were free and fair, rejecting claims of fraud.[16][17]
The 2025 election was held after an early election in 2023 after former President Guillermo Lasso invoked the 'muerte cruzada', just days before a congressional impeachment vote. That constitutional mechanism dissolved the National Assembly and triggered a snap election. In that election, Daniel Noboa was elected to complete Lasso's unfinished term, which runs until May 2025.[18]
The 2025 election saw Ecuador returning to its regular electoral schedule to determine the president and vice president for a full four-year term, alongside members of the National Assembly.[18]
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 points ahead of their nearest rival, to be elected in the first round.[19] The president is limited to two consecutive four-year terms.[19][20] However, Noboa is serving the remaining term of Guillermo Lasso, whose invoking of muerte cruzada called for the 2023 snap general elections and his early conclusion of his presidency.[21]
Members of the National Assembly are elected by three methods.[20] 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.[22][23] Members of the National Assembly are limited to two four-year terms, regardless if they are consecutive or not.[23] There are gender quotas for the party lists, meaning there is alternation between men and women. There are no quotas for minority representation.[20]
Presidential candidates
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Conduct
On election day, the government deployed armored vehicles and soldiers carrying machine guns to secure polling booths while the country's land borders were closed.[62]
Noboa's behavior during the official campaign period was criticized by the suspended Vice President and the opposition.[63][64] He faced accusations of misusing public funds, engaging in lawfare against his detractors and exploiting public resources.[65][66] There had been criticism regarding his social media advertising, which allegedly utilized bots and fake accounts.[67][68][69]
A legal dispute has been ongoing since Noboa's refusal to relinquish his office during the official electoral period, which was intended for his vice president, Verónica Abad Rojas according to campaign law. Noboa told Congress stating, "Today, I will be President of Ecuador until 5 p.m. and will resume office at 11:59 p.m." while he attended political rallies.[70][71] On other occasions, he had his secretary inform Congress that she was temporarily assuming the presidency.[72] Abad had previously been suspended in November 2024 by the labor ministry for 150 days.[73] Her suspension was lifted by a judge in December 2024, ordering the labor ministry to give her an apology for the suspension.[74] On 30 March 2025, Noboa caused controversy for ignoring the Constitutional Court and appointing Cynthia Gellibert by decree as Vice President, suspending Abad once again, who was disenfranchised for two years by the TCE in a 3–2 decision issued in a gender-based political violence counterclaim filed by Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld following Abad's initial lawsuit against Noboa and others for alleged harassment.[75][76] Analysts said Noboa was focused on institutional stability and a leadership aligned with his vision of government, which reinforced his political strategy in the wake of this election.[77]
Noboa declared a state of emergency in seven of Ecuador's provinces leading up to the runoff election.[6] According to European Union observers, the candidates were able to campaign without restrictions, and the freedoms of assembly and movement were guaranteed, despite the State of Exception in force. Freedoms of expression and the press were also respected.[78] The observers noted, however, President Noboa's failure to apply to the Assembly for a 'licence' at the start of the campaign contributed to blurring the boundaries between the role of candidate and the role of president and that the fraud narrative by González despite the election being transparent was problematic.[79]
