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Ecuador

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On 15 October 2006, Ecuador held a general election. The voters stood to elect a new President, a new National Congress, as well as other positions. On 16 October, with over 70 percent of the votes counted, it appeared no candidate will be able to secure the needed majority of the presidential vote, so a run-off election is likely to be held on 26 November. // List of Heads of State of Ecuador and its precursor states (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Affiliations:- Sources http://www. ... Alfredo Palacio Dr. Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born January 22, 1939) is the current President of Ecuador. ... Alejandro Serrano is the vice president of Ecuador. ... The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Ecuador. ... Political parties in Ecuador lists political parties in this country. ... Elections in Ecuador gives information on election and election results in Ecuador. ... Provinces of Ecuador Ecuador is divided into 22 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular - provincia): Province (Capital) Azuay (Cuenca) Bolívar (Guaranda) Cañar (Azogues) Carchi (Tulcán) Chimborazo (Riobamba) Cotopaxi (Latacunga) El Oro (Machala) Esmeraldas (Esmeraldas) Galápagos (Puerto Baquerizo Moreno) Guayas (Guayaquil) Imbabura (Ibarra) Loja (Loja) Los Ríos (Babahoyo... Ecuador always has placed great emphasis on multilateral approaches to international problems. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Juan José Flores 1830-1834 Vicente Rocafuerte 1834-1839 Juan José Flores 1839-1845 José Joaquín de Olmedo 1845 Vicente Ramón Roca 1845-1849 Manuel de Ascásubi 1849-1850 Diego Noboa 1850-1851 José María Urbina 1851-1856 Francisco Robles 1856-1859 Gabriel García 1859... The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Ecuador. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... Runoff voting is a voting system used in single-seat elections. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Main candidates

• Rafael Correa (running mate: Lenin Moreno)
• Gilmar Gutiérrez (Patriotic Society Party)
• Álvaro Noboa (PRIAN) (running mate: Vicente Taiano)
• León Roldós (running mate: Ramiro González)
• Cynthia Viteri

Rafael Correa (born 1963) is an economist and politician in Ecuador. ... The Patriotic Society Party 21 January (Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero) is a political party in Ecuador. ... Alvaro Noboa Álvaro Noboa (born November 1, 1950 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician. ... The Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional)[1] is a right wing populist political party in Ecuador. ... León Roldós Aguilera (born July 21, 1942) is a politician from Ecuador. ... Cynthia Fernanda Viteri Jiménez de Villamar (born 19 November 1965 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an Ecudorian advocate, journalist and politician. ...

Results

Early results

Early results indicated that rightist banana tycoon Álvaro Noboa won 26 percent of the presidential vote while leftist Rafael Correa won 23 percent. In the likely case that neither candidate gains over half the votes or a minimum of 40 percent with a 10 percent lead over the closest rival, a second-round election will determine the winner. Alvaro Noboa Álvaro Noboa (born November 1, 1950 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian businessman and politician. ... Rafael Correa (born 1963) is an economist and politician in Ecuador. ...

Vote count

Below are partial results, from the Tribunal Supremo Electoral.

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Noteworthy lack of reporting of null votes

Since Ecuador makes voting mandatory for every individual between the age of 18 and 65, individuals may nullify their vote on the ballot, or elect to leave the ballot blank.^{[citation needed]}

In earlier elections, mass media usually counted and displayed null and blank votes as contenders in running tallies from exit polls and final results, both infographically and in spoken language. In contrast to former election processes, this time, mass media spent almost no time reporting null and blank votes. Infographics and spoken reports^{[citation needed]} simply discounted null and blank votes, electing to sum only non-null votes.

One potential reason for this change in reporting may lie in the discontent of the Ecuadorian electorate with the political candidates: it was thought possible that null choices could have gathered the most votes, even more than the favorite candidates.^{[citation needed]}

According to the Tribunal Supremo Electoral, the first round total of null and blank votes was 1,091,833 which is less than the vote of the top two candidates.

External links

• Tribunal Supremo Electoral
• Ecuadorian Election 2006 - Election news from Angus Reid Global Monitor
• Correa likely to win Ecuador elections, NDTV.com
• Ecuador candidate defends Chavez ties, seattlepi.com
• Washington frets over 'Bolivarian’ candidate, Green Left Weekly