2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum

2007 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly referendum
15 April 2007
Do you approve the convocation and installation of a plenipotentiary Constituent Assembly in accordance with the electoral statute attached hereto in order to transform the institutional framework of the state and to draw up a new constitution?
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 5,354,595 86.80%
No 814,323 13.20%
Valid votes 6,168,918 94.15%
Invalid or blank votes 383,571 5.85%
Total votes 6,552,489 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 9,188,787 71.31%

A referendum on establishing a Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution was held in Ecuador on 15 April 2007. After its approval by 87% of voters, a Constituent Assembly election was held on 30 September 2007 with Correa's PAIS Alliance taking the majority of seats. The assembly was to sit for a maximum of 180 days with a possible 60-day-extension.

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