Presidential and parliamentary elections in Ecuador 2009
Rafael Correa, the winner of the election
Lucio Gutiérrez
The 2009 presidential election in Ecuador and the parliamentary election in Ecuador took place on April 26th. Rafael Correa was re-elected as President of Ecuador for another term with 51.99 percent of the vote in the first ballot.
Candidates
Eight candidates ran for the election. The re-election of the incumbent head of state Rafael Correa and his party Movimiento PAÍS was considered very likely early on. Other candidates were Lucio Gutiérrez ( Partido Sociedad Patriótica ), Álvaro Noboa ( Partido Renovador Institucional Acción Nacional ), Martha Roldós ( Red Ética y Democracia ), Melba Jácome (Movimiento Tierra Fértil), Carlos Gonzáles (Movimiento Justo y Solidario), Diego Movimiento Integración y Transformacion Social) and Carlos Sagñay (Movimiento Triunfo Mil).
Result
| Political party | candidate | Votes 1st ballot |
% in the 1st ballot |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movimiento PAÍS | Rafael Correa | 3,584,236 | 51.99% | |
| Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero | Lucio Gutiérrez | 1,948,167 | 28.24% | |
| Partido Renovador Institucional Acción Nacional | Álvaro Noboa | 789.021 | 11.40% | |
| Red Ética y Democracia | Martha Roldós | 299,573 | 4.33% | |
| Movimiento Triunfo Mil | Carlos Sagñay | 108.275 | 1.57% | |
| Movimiento Tierra Fértil | Melba Jácome | 93,280 | 1.35% | |
| Movimiento Integración y Transformacion Social | Diego Delgado Jara | 43.221 | 0.63% | |
| Movimiento Justo y Solidario | Carlos Gonzáles | 33.714 | 0.49% | |
| Political party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Movimiento PAÍS (AP) | 59 | |
| Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero (PSP) | 19th | |
| Movimiento Cívico Madera de Guerrero (MG) | 7th | |
| Partido Renovador Institucional Acción Nacional (PRIAN) | 7th | |
| Movimiento Popular Democrático (MPD) | 5 | |
| Movimiento Municipalista por la Integridad Nacional (MMIN) | 5 | |
| Partido Social Cristiano (PSC) | 4th | |
| Pachakutik (PK) | 4th | |
| Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (PRE) | 3 | |
| Izquierda Democrática (ID) | 2 | |
| Partido Socialista - Frente Amplio (PS-FA) | 1 | |
| Concertación (MCND) | 1 | |
| Movimiento Independiente Obras son Amores (MIOSA) | 1 | |
| Movimiento Social Conservador (MSC) | 1 | |
| Movimiento Autonómico Regional (MAR) | 1 | |
| Acción Regional por la Equidad - Alianza Popular Latinoamericana (ARE-APL) | 1 | |
| Movimiento Independiente Unidos por Pastaza (MIUP) | 1 | |
| Movimiento Político Independiente Amauta Yuyai (MPIAY) | 1 | |
| Conciencia Ciudadana (CC) | 1 | |
| Total | 124 | |
See also
- Presidential and parliamentary elections in Ecuador 2013
- List of Presidents of Ecuador
- History of Ecuador # Political history