Ecuador

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The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Ecuador.

Under the 1998 Constitution, Congress meets in Quito and is made up of 100 deputies (diputados). Each of the country's 22 provinces returns a minimum of two deputies plus one additional seat for every 200,000 inhabitants.

Congressional elections were last held on 15 October 2006.

It was dissolved on 2007-11-29 by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, due to the alleged high level of corruption of the chamber's members.^[1]

[edit] Results

e • d  Summary of the 15 October 2006 Ecuadorian National Congress election results

Parties		Seats
	Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (Partido Renovador Institucional de Acción Nacional)	27
	January 21 Patriotic Society Party (Partido Sociedad Patriótica 21 de Enero)	23
	Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristiano;)	12
	Others	11
	Party of the Democratic Left (Partido Izquierda Democrática)–Ethical and Democratic Network Alliance	10
	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano)	6
	Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País)	6
	Democratic People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Democrático)	3
	Christian Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Cristiana)	2
Total (turnout 63.5%)		100
Source: IPU

[edit] Eligibility

To serve as a congressional deputy, the following requirements must be met:

• Ecuadorian citizen by birth, not by naturalisation
• Having full enjoyment of political rights
• At least 25 years of age upon filing candidacy
• Native of the province represented, or resident thereof for at least three years immediately prior to the election

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