Citizen Revolution's Rules of the Game: D'Hondt's Return to the Ecuadorian Electoral System

Abstract:

This article demonstrates how during the so-called Revolución Ciudadana (Citizen Revolution) the electoral rules were reformed and manipulated in favors of the party in power (Alianza País). One of the characteristics of the electoral system of the period before this study was the D'Hondt method for the allocation of seats. This heavily criticized method was declared incompatible with the Constitution by the Constitutional Tribunal in February 2004, yet it was reestablished in the electoral law in April 2006. Despite Alianza País offered more inclusive and participative electoral laws, which were displayed in the early electoral systems of the 2007 (Constitutional Assembly) and the 2009 (transitional elections), subsequent electoral norms were more unfair and exclusive than previous ones due to the retrenchment of electoral constituencies (i.e. 2009 Electoral Law) and the reintroduction of the D'Hondt method (i.e. 2012 Reform).

Año de publicación:

2022

Keywords:

• Citizen revolution
• Electoral reform
• D'Hondt method
• Electoral constituencies
• Electoral system

Fuente:

scopus