Overview
- With an almost complete official count, the No prevailed on all four questions, including about 61.6% against a Constituent Assembly and 60.5% against foreign military bases.
- Voters also rejected ending public financing for parties (about 58% No) and cutting the legislature from 151 to 73 seats (about 53% No).
- Turnout exceeded 80%, and the electoral authority said the trend was irreversible as results neared completion.
- President Daniel Noboa accepted the results and said he would continue governing with the tools available.
- Analysts called the outcome his biggest political setback and a demand for recalibration on security and governance; the voting day also featured his announcement of the overseas capture of alleged Los Lobos leader ‘Pipo’ Chavarría.