2023 Ecuadorian general election

Snap general elections are scheduled to be held in Ecuador in August 2023. Current president Guillermo Lasso was eligible for a second term, however he declined to run.

## Overview

The officials elected — to both the executive and legislative branches — will serve out the remainder of the current presidential and legislative terms (2021–2025). A regular election for a full four-year term will happen in early 2025.

## Background

Originally scheduled for 2025, the general elections were moved forward earlier after President Lasso used the _muerte cruzada_ measure which dissolved the National Assembly to avoid impeachment.

Advancing to the 15 October run-off, Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution Movement came in first place, winning 33% of the vote with Daniel Noboa of the National Democratic Action coming in second place with 24% of the vote. Noboa's second-place finish was seen as surprising and an upset. Noboa ended up beating González with 52% of the votes in the runoff election, a similar result to that of Guillermo Lasso in 2021, making Noboa the President-elect of Ecuador. At 35 years old, he is the youngest president in the country's history.

### Declared

|Name|Born|class="unsortable"|Experience|Announced|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|data-sort-value="Sonnenholzner, Otto"|**Otto Sonnenholzner**|(age ) Guayaquil, Guayas|**Vice President of Ecuador (2018–2020)**|||
|data-sort-value="Pérez Guartambel, Yaku"|**Yaku Pérez Guartambel**|(age ) Cuenca, Azuay|**Provincial Prefect of Azuay Province (2019–2020) and 2021 presidential candidate**|||
|data-sort-value="Topić, Jan"|**Jan Topić**|(age ) Guayaquil, Guayas|**Businessman**|||
|data-sort-value="Kennedy Jr, Robert F."|**Daniel Noboa Azín**|(age ) Guayaquil, Guayas|**Member of the National Assembly (2021–2023)**|||
|data-sort-value="Armijos Velasco, Bolivar"|**Bolívar Armijos Velasco**|1980 (age ) San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas|**President of CONAGOPARE (2014–2019)**|||
|data-sort-value="Hervas, Xavier"|**Xavier Hervas**|(age ) Guayaquil, Guayas|**President of NovaAlimentos S.A.**|||
|data-sort-value="Zurita, Christian"|**Christian Zurita**|(age ) Quito, Pichincha|**Investigative journalist**|||
|data-sort-value="Kennedy Jr, Robert F."|**Luisa González**|(age ) Quito, Pichincha|**Member of the National Assembly (2021–2023)**|||

#### Deceased

|scope="col"|Name|Personal|class="unsortable"|Experience|Home province|Vice President|Campaign|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|data-sort-value="Villavicencio, Fernando"|**Fernando Villavicencio**|– (aged )|**Member of the National Assembly** (2021–2023)|Chimborazo|**Andrea González Náder**|MC25<hr/>|||

### Declined

- Guillermo Lasso, the incumbent president of Ecuador (since 2021) and founder of CREO.
- Jaime Nebot, Mayor of Guayaquil (2000–2019), member of the National Congress (1990–1992, 1998–2000), Governor of Guayas Province (1984–1988) and 1992 and 1996 presidential candidate _(party endorsed Topic)_.
- Andrés Arauz, President of the Citizen Revolution Movement (2020–2021) and 2021 presidential candidate _(runs for vice presidency)_.
- Jorge Glas, Vice President of Ecuador (2013-2018) _(declines his nomination and endorses González)_.

### Run-of

|rowspan=2|Date|rowspan=2|Pollster|rowspan=2|Participants|rowspan=2|Margin of error|Daniel Noboa|Luisa González|rowspan=2|Blank|rowspan=2|Null|rowspan=2|Undecided|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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|rowspan="2"|14 October|rowspan="2"|Omar Maluk|rowspan="2"|16,486|rowspan="2"|3%|**50.9%**|49.1%|colspan="3"|---|||||
|**47.8%**|46.1%|colspan="2"|6.1%|--||||||||||||
|15 October [projection]|rowspan="3"|CIT Peru|rowspan="3"|1,200|rowspan="3"|2,8%|49,14%|**50,86%**|colspan="3"|---||||||
||**50,42%**|49,52%|colspan="3"|---||||||||||||
|12 October|**45%**|44,02%|10,8%||---|||||||||||
|10 October|Dado Duro EC|1,485|2,8%|38.6%|**39.6%**|colspan="2"|12.4%|9.3%||||||||
|9 October|Negocios & Estratégias|1,000|3.1%|49.94%|**50.06%**|colspan="3"|---|||||||||
|6 October|colspan="8"|Six suspects in the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio are killed in Guayaquil Pennitenciary.||||||||||||||
|5 October|Omar Maluk|11,235|3%|48.9%|**51.1%**|colspan="3"|---|||||||||
|4 October|NEO Consulta|3,750|1.6%|48.9%|**51.1%**|colspan="3"|---|||||||||
|4 October|Negocios & Estratégias|3,000|1.8%|**44%**|42.8%|colspan="2"|5.3%|7.8%||||||||
|1 October|colspan="8"|Official Second Round Presidential Debate is held in Quito.||||||||||||||
|15 September|Omar Maluk|8,000|2%|style="background:#63267D ; color:white;"|**52.3%**|47.7%|–|–|–|||||||
|10 September|Comunicaliza|5,381|1.3%|style="background:#63267D ; color:white;"|**39.7%**|34.0%|colspan="2"|11.8%|14.4%|||||||
|rowspan="2"|6 September|rowspan="2"|Click Report|rowspan="2"|3,040|rowspan="2"|3%|style="background:#63267D ; color:white;"|**55.2%**|44.8%|colspan="2"|–|–|||
|style="background:#63267D ; color:white;"|**45.8%**|37.2%|12.5%|4.5%|–|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|5 September|rowspan="2"|NEO Consulta|rowspan="2"|2,100|rowspan="2"|2.1%|49.6%|style="background:; color:white;"|**50.4%**|–|–|–|||
|42.0%|style="background:; color:white;"|**42.7%**|8.6%|6.7%|–|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2 September|rowspan="2"|Comunicaliza|rowspan="2"|6,002|rowspan="2"|1.3%|style="background:#63267D ; color:white;"|**54.9%**|45.1%|colspan="2"|–|rowspan="2"|12.9%||
|style="background:#63267D ; color:white;"|**43.1%**|35.4%|colspan="2"|8.6%||||||||||||

### First round

|rowspan=2|Date|rowspan=2|Pollster|rowspan=2|Participants|rowspan=2|Margin of error|Noboa|González|Sonnenholzner|Pérez|Villavicencio|Zurita|Hervas|Topić|Armijos|rowspan=2|Blank|rowspan=2|Null|rowspan=2|Undecided|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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|**2023 general election**|20 August 2023|||**23.47%**|style="background:;color:white;"|**33.61%**|7.06%|3.97%||16.37%|0.49%|14.67%|0.36%|2.04|6.77||||||||
|11–12 August|Comunicaliza|3,641|1.62%|3.3%|style="background:;color:white;"|**24.9%**|8.2%|5.8%||14.5%|1.6%|**21.7%**|0.3%|colspan="2"|9.5%|10.2%|||||||
|style="border-right-style:hidden; background:lightyellow;"|9 August|style="border-right-style:hidden;"||colspan="15"|Fernando Villavicencio is assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito and, subsequently, replaced by Zurita.||||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|9 August|rowspan="2"|Cedatos|rowspan="2"|1,803|rowspan="2"|3.1%|3.7%|style="background:;color:white;"|**35.4%**|7.5%|11.9%|**18.4%**|–|4.1%|18%|0.9%|–|–|–|||
|2.5%|style="background:;color:white;"|**24%**|5.1%|8.1%|**12.5%**|–|2.8%|12.2%|0.6%|11.9%|2.8%|17.5%|||||||||||
|6 August|Click Report|3,040|3%|6.8%|style="background:;color:white;"|**29.3%**|9.2%|**14.4%**|7.5%|–|6.8%|9.6%|6.8%|16.9%|3.2%|–|||||||
|5 August|Telcodata|6,600|1.2%|2.0%|style="background:;color:white;"|**30.5%**|6.5%|7.7%|6.8%|–|1.6%|**13.1%**|0.2%|colspan="2"|7.6%|23.8%|||||||
|2 August|IPSOS|2,490|1.96%|4%|style="background:;color:white;"|**29%**|**16%**|10%|12%|–|5%|9%|1%|colspan="2"|11%|5%|||||||
|2 August|Telcodata|6,631|1.2%|2.1%|style="background:;color:white;"|**29.8%**|7.7%|8.8%|7.4%|–|2.2%|**10.1%**|0.3%|colspan="2"|7.5%|23.9%|||||||
|27 July|Tracking|1,250|5%|3.2%|style="background:;color:white;"|**23.2%**|**19.4%**|10.1%|9.2%|–|4.5%|3.8%|0.7%|14.1%|2.6%|9.2%|||||||
|26 July|Comunicaliza|3,539|1.7%|4.2%|style="background:;color:white;"|**28.6%**|**12.6%**|8.1%|9.2%|–|4.4%|4.4%|0.5%|colspan="2"|13.6%|14.5%|||||||
|23 July|colspan="15"|Agustín Intriago, Mayor of Manta, is assassinted.|||||||||||||||||||||
|20 July|Estrategas Infinity|1,549|2.5%|3.1%|style="background:;color:white;"|**30.9%**|**11.9%**|10.0%|7.8%|–|5.0%|5.2%|0.3%|11.9%|3.0%|11.0%|||||||
|18 July|Cedatos|1,300|3.1%|4.4%|style="background:;color:white;"|**26.6%**|7.5%|12.5%|**13.2%**|–|6.0%|3.2%|0.5%|2.6%|16.1%|7.6%|||||||
|9 July|Numma|1,604|2.7%|6.4%|style="background:;color:white;"|**33.8%**|**17.5%**|15.1%|10.2%|–|6.9%|8.5%|1.6%|–|–|–|||||||
|3–9 July|Tracking|1,250|5%|4.6%|style="background:;color:white;"|**24.2%**|**15.2%**|11.5%|8.0%|–|5.4%|4.5%|0.6%|colspan="2"|10.3%|15.3%|||||||
|rowspan="2"|20 June–8 July|rowspan="2"|Omar Maluk|rowspan="2"|7,106|rowspan="2"|3%|4.4%|style="background:;color:white;"|**40.1%**|**14.7%**|13.6%|9.1%|–|10.3%|7.1%|0.6%|–|–|–|||
|3.7%|style="background:;color:white;"|**33.8%**|**12.4%**|11.5%|7.7%|–|8.7%|6.0%|0.5%|5.9%|colspan=2|9.8%|||||||||||
|5–6 July|Comunicaliza|3,314|1.7%|4.5%|style="background:;color:white;"|**26.8%**|**12.8%**|10.3%|9.3%|–|6.5%|3.0%|0.1%|colspan=2|12.1%|14.1%|||||||
||Metria|1,200|2.8%|3.1%|style="background:;color:white;"|**37.8%**|**18.2%**|11.0%|7.5%|–|1.7%|6.5%|›1%|10.1%|–|4.0%|||||||
|rowspan=3|22–26 June|rowspan=3|Negocios & Estrategias|rowspan=3|3,524|rowspan=3|1.7%|4%|style="background:;color:white;"|**52%**|14%|13%|4%|–|9%|5%|0%|–|–|–|||
|3%|style="background:;color:white;"|**41%**|**11%**|10%|7%|–|3%|4%|0%|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|21%|–|||||||||||
|1%|style="background:;color:white;"|**30%**|**8%**|**8%**|5%|–|2%|2%|0%|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|6%|38%|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|23–26 June|rowspan="2"|Mercanalis|rowspan="2"|4,000|rowspan="2"|3%|7%|style="background:;color:white;"|**38%**|9%|12%|10%|–|8%|**14%**|2%|–|–|–|||
|5%|style="background:;color:white;"|**27%**|6%|9%|7%|–|5%|**10%**|1%|12%|18%|–|||||||||||
||Data Encuesta|4,200|3.4%|5.2%|style="background:;color:white;"|**28.1%**|9.6%|**16.6%**|9.3%|–|7.3%|14.8%|–|–|–|9.1%|||||||
|19–20 June|Estrategas Infinity|3,645|1.62%|4.3%|style="background:;color:white;"|**28.0%**|**9.9%**|8.8%|8.3%|–|6.1%|2.5%|0.5%|3.9%|15.9%|11.8%|||||||
|16–18 June|Comunicaliza|3,656|1.62%|3.8%|style="background:;color:white;"|**25.9%**|**11.2%**|10.3%|8.0%|–|6.2%|2.6%|0.4%|colspan=2|13.2%|18.4%|||||||
|5–9 June|Data Encuesta|4,800|3.4%|4.2%|style="background:;color:white;"|**27.8%**|7.6%|**14.8%**|7.1%|–|6.2%|14.2%|–|–|–|17.9%|||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **embed**: yes
- **election name**: Presidential election
- **type**: presidential
- **title**: President of Ecuador, President
- **before election**: Guillermo Lasso
- **before party**: Creating Opportunities
- **after election**: Daniel Noboa
- **after party**: National Democratic Action (Ecuador)
- **image1**:
- **candidate1**: **Daniel Noboa**
- **party1**: National Democratic Action (Ecuador)
- **color1**: 663399
- **running mate1**: **Verónica Abad Rojas**
- **popular vote1**: **5,251,695**
- **percentage1**: **51.83%**
- **image2**:
- **candidate2**: Luisa González
- **party2**: Citizen Revolution Movement
- **color2**: 00BFFF
- **running mate2**: Andrés Arauz
- **popular vote2**: 4,880,525
- **percentage2**: 48.17%


## Infobox (election)

- **country**: Ecuador
- **previous election**: 2021 Ecuadorian general election
- **previous year**: 2021
- **next election**: 2025 Ecuadorian general election
- **next year**: 2025