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Ecuador Votes Sunday on Constituent Assembly, Foreign Bases and Political Rules Overhaul

The electoral authority has released the four-question ballot, with official results due by January 5.

Overview

  • About 14 million eligible voters will decide on lifting the ban on foreign military bases, ending public financing for parties, shrinking the legislature, and convening a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution.
  • Each question requires more than 50% of valid votes to pass, according to the National Electoral Council.
  • If the Constituent Assembly is approved, elections for its members must be called and the resulting draft constitution would go to a new referendum after roughly 180 days.
  • President Daniel Noboa urges a Yes vote as a response to escalating criminal violence, with 4,619 homicides reported in the first half of 2025.
  • Opposition forces, including the correísmo movement and CONAIE, campaign for No, while advance voting continued through the home-voting program for 597 people and balloting for 1,030 eligible inmates under the election silence period.