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Early Results Show Ecuador Rejecting Foreign Bases and Charter Rewrite

The partial tally challenges President Daniel Noboa’s bid to expand security cooperation through constitutional change.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, accompanied by his family, votes in a referendum on whether to allow foreign military bases in the country and rewrite the constitution through a constituent assembly, in Olon, Ecuador, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)
A man votes in a referendum to decide whether to allow the return of foreign military bases, which Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa says are central to fighting organized crime, and whether they back convening an assembly to rewrite the constitution, in Guayaquil, Ecuador November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
People participate in the vote counting process during a referendum to decide whether to allow the return of foreign military bases, which Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa says are central to fighting organized crime, and whether they back convening an assembly to rewrite the constitution, in Quito, Ecuador November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karen Toro
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Overview

  • With about 36% of ballots counted, a partial count shows roughly 60% voting against allowing foreign military bases.
  • Early results also show about 61% rejecting the proposal to convene a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution.
  • A defeat on the bases question would likely block any U.S. return to the Manta airbase that hosted anti-narcotics operations until 2009.
  • The ballot also asked voters to end public funding for political parties and to cut the National Assembly from 151 to 73 seats, measures that the early count indicates are failing.
  • As polls opened, President Daniel Noboa announced the arrest in Spain of Los Lobos leader Wilmer ‘Pipo’ Chavarria in a joint operation with Spanish police.