1997 Ecuadorian Constitutional Assembly election

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 Social Christian Party emerged as the largest faction in the Assembly, winning 20 of the 70 seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Christian Party	768,514	24.82	20
	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party	441,165	14.25	7
	Popular Democracy	291,835	9.42	10
	New Country	196,572	6.35	2
	New People	190,083	6.14	1
	Democratic People's Movement	154,739	5.00	3
	Freedom Party–Alfarista Radical Front	141,646	4.57	5
	Democratic Left	134,853	4.36	3
	Pachakutik Movement	128,461	4.15	7
	Popular Democracy–Democratic Left	34,754	1.12	3
	ID–PSE–MP	15,690	0.51	2
	CFP–PSC	8,904	0.29	1
	ALAP–NP	6,312	0.20	1
	Independent Social Movements	4,363	0.14	1
	PL–FRA–DP	1,829	0.06	1
	ID–PSE–MP–NP	1,248	0.04	1
	FRA–PSE	1,067	0.03	1
	Independent Movement "Pastaza, Change with Dignity"	557	0.02	1
	Others	573,917	18.53	0
Total		3,096,509	100.00	70
Valid votes		3,096,509	74.29
Invalid/blank votes		1,071,590	25.71
Total votes		4,168,099	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,974,623	59.76
Source: Nohlen, LADB

References

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