A referendum on establishing a

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to write the new

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was held in

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on 15 April 2007.Ecuador referendum on April 15
Gulfnews, 15 February 2007 After its approval by 87% of voters, a Constituent Assembly Election was held on 30 September 2007 with Correa's

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taking the majority of seats. The assembly was to sit for a maximum of 180 days with a possible 60-day-extension.

Background

The referendum was called by

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on 15 January 2007,Ecuadorian president Correa calls March national referendum
Mercopress, 15 January 2007 and was originally planned to be held on 18 March 2007. On 23 January 2007, the Electoral Court decided to send the referendum call to

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for consideration, which later approved it in a vote that was boycotted by a large number of parliamentarians. A poll taken in January showed 70% of voters to be in favour of the proposal.

Results

References

2007 referendums Constituent Assembly referendum 2007 elections in South America Referendums in Ecuador {{ecuador-election-stub