Overview
- Official tallies from the CNE show the 'No' prevailing on all four questions: about 61.5% against a Constituent Assembly, roughly 60–61% against foreign bases, around 58% against ending public party funding, and about 53% against cutting Assembly seats.
- Turnout exceeded 80% and election authorities reported an orderly voting day, reinforcing the legitimacy of the outcome.
- President Daniel Noboa acknowledged the defeat and said he will continue governing and combating crime with the tools currently available.
- On referendum day, authorities announced the capture in Europe of Wilmer 'Pipo' Chavarría, alleged leader of Los Lobos, whom the interior minister linked to hundreds of killings.
- The across-the-board rejection delivers a significant political setback for Noboa’s reform agenda and signals resistance to structural changes perceived as concentrating power or reducing representation.