| Country: | Ecuador |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Ecuadorian general election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2009 Ecuadorian general election |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
| Seats For Election: | All 130 seats in the Constituent Assembly |
| Image1: | Rafael Correa (2008).jpeg |
| Leader1: | Rafael Correa |
| Leader Since1: | 2006 |
| Party1: | PAIS Alliance |
| Seats1: | 80 |
| Percentage1: | 69.47% |
| Leader2: | Lucio Gutiérrez |
| Leader Since2: | 2000 |
| Party2: | Patriotic Society Party |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Percentage2: | 7.28% |
| Image4: | Álvaro Noboa.jpg |
| Leader4: | Álvaro Noboa |
| Leader Since4: | 2002 |
| Party4: | Institutional Renewal Party of National Action |
| Seats4: | 8 |
| Percentage4: | 6.62% |
| Image5: | León Febres Cordero.jpg |
| Leader5: | León Febres Cordero |
| Leader Since5: | 1984 |
| Party5: | Social Christian Party (Ecuador) |
| Seats5: | 5 |
| Percentage5: | 3.88% |
| Legislator | |
| Posttitle: | Resulting Legislator |
| Before Election: | León Febres Cordero |
| Before Party: | Social Christian Party (Ecuador) |
| After Election: | Alberto Acosta |
| After Party: | PAIS Alliance |
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Ecuador on 30 September 2007. A Constituent Assembly was established following an April referendum on doing so. A total of 130 delegates were elected; 24 members from national lists, 100 elected from provincial constituencies and six for overseas votes.[1]
The large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) caused the elections to be the most complex in Ecuador's history.[2] Although polls indicated that Correa's PAIS Alliance would win a plurality in the election, but not a majority,[3] PAIS won a landslide victory, winning 80 of the 130 seats, giving the party the power to dismiss Congress and make the substantial constitutional reforms for which Correa has been calling.[4] PAIS won all six foreign seats.[5]
The Constituent Assembly was to be set up on 31 October 2007 and have six months (with a possible extension of two months) to draft a new constitution, which will then have to be ratified in a referendum.[6] However, the installation of the Assembly was delayed to 29 November 2007[7] due to delays in the official proclamation of the final result.