National Assembly (Ecuador)

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National Assembly of Ecuador
Asamblea Nacional
logo Palacio Legislativo de Ecuador in Quito
logo Palacio Legislativo de Ecuador in Quito
Basic data
Seat: Quito
Legislative period : 4 years
First session: July 31, 2009, previously National Congress (Congreso Nacional)
MPs: 137
Current legislative period
Last choice: General election on February 19, 2017
Website
www.asambleanacional.gov.ec

The National Assembly ( Asamblea Nacional ) is the parliament of the Republic of Ecuador and has replaced the National Congress (Congreso Nacional) since the constitution of 2008 . It is elected through a national (15 MPs) and provincial lists (2 MPs each), whereby the emigrants can also vote according to lists (USA and Canada; Latin America; Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania). Voting is compulsory , from which only emigrants and members of the military are exempt.

elections

Composition of the National Assembly after the 2013 elections

The first elections to the National Assembly took place on April 26, 2009 ; the first National Assembly met on July 31, 2009. The strongest parliamentary group in the 124-member parliament, with 59 members, is the ruling party Alianza PAÍS , which is headed by Fernando Cordero.

In the parliamentary elections in 2013 and 2017 , the Alianza PAÍS remained the strongest parliamentary group.

2013 election results
Political party Seats
  Movimiento PAÍS 74
CREO 32
Partido Social Cristiano / Movimiento Cívico Madera de Guerrero 15th
Pachakutik 4th
Izquierda Democrática 4th
Partido Sociedad Patriótica 2
SUMA 2
Fuerza Ecuador 1
Movimiento Político Peninsular Creyendo en Nuestra Gente - MPCG 1
Movimiento Social Conservador del Carchi - MSCDC 1
Movimiento Unidos por Pastaza - MUP 1
All in all 137

Seat in the Palacio Legislativo de Ecuador in Quito

  • Palacio Legislativo de Ecuador

  • Plenary session, 2012

  • Meeting room in the Palacio Legislativo , 2015

The National Assembly of Ecuador has its seat in the capital Quito , in the Palacio Legislativo de Ecuador . The National Congress of Ecuador met there beforehand . The building was constructed in the International Style in the 1960s . There is a frieze by Luis Mideros on the facade of the building and a controversial mural by Oswaldo Guayasamín in the plenary chamber .

The building was damaged in a fire in 2003. The building complex was renovated during the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador in 2007/08.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ECUADOR (Asamblea Nacional), General information . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ IPU PARLINE database: ECUADOR (Asamblea Nacional), Electoral system . Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ ECUADOR FINAL REPORT Presidential and Parliamentary Elections - April 26, 2009. EUROPEAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION, June 2009 ( Memento of November 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English) Report of the EU election observers for the 2009 elections
  4. ^ PAIS, sin mayoría tras definirse los 124 escaños (Spanish) El Universo , June 23, 2009
  5. ^ Ecuador . In: Places of Power. A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Visite la Asamblea Nacional . In: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador . Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ Concluyen trabajos de remodelación en el Palacio Legislativo . July 23, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ Palacio Legislative listo para congresillo . In: El Diario Ecuador . July 13, 2008.

Coordinates: 0 ° 12 ′ 47.4 ″  S , 78 ° 29 ′ 56 ″  W.