# 2009 Ecuadorian general election

Early general elections were held in Ecuador on 26 April 2009 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum held on 28 September 2008. President Rafael Correa ran for his first term under the new constitution. The election was initially expected to be held in October 2010.
Among the candidates for President were current President Rafael Correa, supported by his PAIS Alliance and the Socialist Party; Álvaro Noboa ran under the banner of the PRIAN and had the support of the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Christian Democratic Union. Former president Lucio Gutiérrez ran as the candidate of the January 21 Patriotic Society Party.
Preliminary results suggested that Correa had won reelection in the first round easily, surpassing 50% of the vote, followed by Gutiérrez coming in second with about 28% of the vote. Correa's came short of having an absolute majority in parliament.
In addition Correa became the first sitting president to be reelected since García Moreno in 1875.
The full results of the seat distribution was still known, though it was assumed that PAIS would have 59 seats, PSP 19, PSC/MG 11, PRIAN 7, MPD 5, the Municipalist Movement 5, and others less than 5 seats.

## Opinion polls

| Date | Pollster | Correa | Gutiérrez | Noboa | Roldós | Sagñay | Jácome | Delgado | Gonzáles |
| 02/08/08 | S.P.Investigaciones | 38% | 6% | 6% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23/01/09 | Informe Confidencial | 54% | 8% | – | 5% | – | – | – | – |
| 21/02/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 54% | 11% | 13% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
| 28/02/09 | Perfiles de Opinión | 48% | 9.5% | 11.5% | 4% | – | – | – | – |
| 28/02/09 | Informe Confidencial | 47.5% | 5.5% | 12.5% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
| 01/03/09 | CMS | 47.41% | 5.82% | 4.81% | 1.84% | – | – | – | – |
| 08/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 48% | 9% | 10% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 47.5% | – | 12.5% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 09/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 50% | 13% | 11% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
| 15/03/09 | Perfiles de Opinión | 47% | 10% | 13% | 8% | – | – | – | – |
| 15/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 54% | 11% | 13% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
| 15/03/09 | CEDATOS | 46% | 11% | 14% | 4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| 16/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 53% | 13% | 11% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
| 21/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 52% | 12% | 11% | 8% | – | – | – | – |
| 22/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 48% | 7.5% | 15% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23/03/09 | Perfiles de Opinión | 47.5% | 7% | 16% | 10% | – | – | – | – |
| 25/03/09 | CMS | 55% | – | 13% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27/03/09 | CEDATOS | 48.5% | 14.6% | 12.9% | 7.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| 28/03/09 | CMS | 52% | 9% | 8% | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28/03/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 53% | 12% | 12% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
| 30/03/09 | Informe Confidencial | 48% | 9% | 10% | 5% | – | – | – | – |
| 03/04/09 | CEDATOS | 49.2% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 7.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| 03/04/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 53.7% | 12.4% | 10.1% | 6.5% | – | – | – | – |
| 06/04/09 | Market | 57.5% | 12.7% | 13.5% | 6% | – | – | – | – |
| 06/04/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 51% | 13% | 12% | 9% | – | – | – | – |
| 06/04/09 | CMS | 47.6% | 15% | 8.6% | 6.4% | – | – | – | – |
| 06/04/09 | CEDATOS | 50.5% | 17.7% | 15.3% | 8.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| 26/04/09 | CEDATOS | 55.2% | 27.7% | 10.2% | 3.4% | – | – | – | – |
| 26/04/09 | S.P.Investigaciones | 56% | 29% | 8% | 4% | – | – | – | – |
| 26/04/09 | CMS | 54.92% | 23.74% | 7.74% | 6% | – | – | – | – |

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Rafael Correa | PAIS Alliance | 3,586,439 | 51.99 |
| | Lucio Gutiérrez | January 21 Patriotic Society Party | 1,947,830 | 28.24 |
| | Álvaro Noboa | Institutional Renewal Party of National Action | 786,718 | 11.41 |
| | Martha Roldós | Ethics and Democracy Network | 298,765 | 4.33 |
| | Carlos Sagñay | Thousandfold Victory | 108,079 | 1.57 |
| | Melba Jácome | Fertile Earth Movement | 93,146 | 1.35 |
| | Diego Delgado Jara | Social Integration and Transformation | 43,221 | 0.63 |
| | Carlos Gonzáles | Independent Just and Solidary Movement | 33,714 | 0.49 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,897,912 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,897,912 | 87.00 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,030,836 | 13.00 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,928,748 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,532,234 | 75.28 |
| Source: CNE |||||

### National Assembly

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | National | Provincial | Overseas | Total | +/– |
| | PAIS Alliance | 27,751,651 | 43.05 | 7 | 47 | 5 | 59 | –21 |
| | January 21 Patriotic Society Party | 9,779,869 | 15.17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| | Social Christian Party | 8,559,831 | 13.28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | +6 |
| | Institutional Renewal Party of National Action | 3,875,395 | 6.01 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | –1 |
| | Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 2,872,465 | 4.46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +2 |
| | Democratic People's Movement | 2,766,276 | 4.29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | +1 |
| | Ethics and Democracy Network | 1,350,937 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3 |
| | National Democratic Coalition | 1,341,635 | 2.08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| | Municipalist Movement for National Integrity | 1,246,643 | 1.93 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | New |
| | Democratic Left | 1,108,744 | 1.72 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | 948,638 | 1.47 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Union | 732,287 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Fertile Earth Movement | 619,766 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | National Agreement | 482,598 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Social Integration and Transformation | 288,698 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Thousandfold Victory | 283,124 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent Just and Solidary Movement | 256,805 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Movement for Social Reconciliation | 198,630 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents and regionalists | | | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Total | Total | 64,463,992 | 100.00 | 15 | 103 | 6 | 124 | –6 |
| Source: CNE |||||||||

### Andean Parliament

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | PAIS Alliance | 11,897,690 | 45.00 | 3 |
| | January 21 Patriotic Society Party | 3,564,315 | 13.48 | 1 |
| | Social Christian party | 3,082,565 | 11.66 | 1 |
| | Municipalist Movement for National Integrity | 1,625,670 | 6.15 | 0 |
| | Democratic People's Movement | 1,228,310 | 4.65 | 0 |
| | Institutional Renewal Party of National Action | 908,520 | 3.44 | 0 |
| | Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | 817,100 | 3.09 | 0 |
| | Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 731,895 | 2.77 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left | 701,445 | 2.65 | 0 |
| | Ethics and Democracy Network | 353,565 | 1.34 | 0 |
| | A New Option | 268,880 | 1.02 | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Union | 246,710 | 0.93 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador | 212,355 | 0.80 | 0 |
| | National Agreement | 134,895 | 0.51 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Coalition | 125,410 | 0.47 | 0 |
| | Ecuadorian White Movement for the Vindication of the Poor | 98,255 | 0.37 | 0 |
| | Fertile Earth Movement | 88,855 | 0.34 | 0 |
| | Social Integration and Transformation | 83,780 | 0.32 | 0 |
| | Thousandfold Victory | 69,305 | 0.26 | 0 |
| | National Movement for Social Reconciliation | 58,130 | 0.22 | 0 |
| | Independent Just and Solidary Movement | 51,915 | 0.20 | 0 |
| | MCN | 47,060 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | Movement for National Honesty | 41,565 | 0.16 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 26,438,190 | 100.00 | 5 |
| Source: CNE |||||