2023 Ecuadorian general election
Special general elections were held in Ecuador on 20 August 2023 to elect the President of Ecuador, members of the National Assembly, and to decide on two referendums. The elections were triggered by the invocation of muerte cruzada, which dissolved the National Assembly on 17 May 2023. A run-off election was held on 15 October 2023 to elect the President after no candidate secured the required threshold to win in the first round. Incumbent president Guillermo Lasso was eligible for a second term, but he announced on 18 May that he would not seek re-election in response to his impeachment. The officials elected—to both the executive and legislative branches—served the remainder of the current presidential and legislative terms (2021–2025), beginning on 25 November 2023. A regular election for a full four-year term happened in early 2025. A national referendum on oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park and a local referendum on metallic mining in the Chocó Andino area were held on the...
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