Ecuador

Presidential succession (1990–present)

Rows highlighted FSP mark presidents from a Foro de São Paulo member/affiliated party.

Legislative composition

Seats by party for recent elections, and whether the governing coalition held a majority. In a fragmented system a governing majority is assembled across several parties — no party governs alone; a coalition majority is not a single-party majority. Each bar orders blocs left→right with a marker at the majority line.

FSP member parties (highlighted FSP): Alianza PAIS / Revolución Ciudadana (Correísmo), Partido Comunista del Ecuador, Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano. Ecuador's FSP member is Rafael Correa's movement — Alianza PAIS, now Revolución Ciudadana (UNES) — alongside smaller left parties. Important split: Correa's successor Lenín Moreno (2017–2021) broke with Correísmo and turned against it, which is why he is marked non-FSP even though he was elected on the PAIS ticket. Since 2017 the FSP-aligned bloc is Correísmo/RC, in opposition.

2025 — Asamblea Nacional (151 seats; majority = 76)

FSP member parties together: 67 of 151 (44%) — 9 seats short of the 76-seat majority. The FSP parties sat in opposition.

Government: Daniel Noboa (ADN) — lacked a majority. FSP party in government: no. The 9 February 2025 election (CNE definitive results, 7 April 2025) returned a 151-seat Assembly — enlarged from 137 — with no majority. Correísmo's Revolución Ciudadana was again the largest single bloc (67) but stayed in opposition; President Noboa's ADN (66) governs as a minority, dependent on Pachakutik, the Social Christians and smaller movements. A pre-seating defection left RC and ADN level at 66 each. The non-government blocs do not form a common bloc. The small left alliance folded into 'others' includes the FSP-listed Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano, but it holds no seat in its own right. (source 1, source 2, source 3)

2023 — Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; majority = 69)

FSP member parties together: 52 of 137 (38%) — 17 seats short of the 69-seat majority. The FSP parties sat in opposition.

Government: Daniel Noboa (ADN) — lacked a majority. FSP party in government: no. Snap election after President Lasso dissolved the Assembly ('muerte cruzada'); the new Assembly served only a truncated 2023–2025 term. Correísmo's Revolución Ciudadana was again the largest bloc (52 of 137) but stayed in opposition: Daniel Noboa won the presidency with ADN holding just 14 seats, governing through shifting pacts. Construye's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated during the campaign. Bench sizes shifted slightly at seating as alliance members regrouped. (source 1, source 2, source 3)

2017 — Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; majority = 69)

FSP member parties together: 74 of 137 (54%) — a majority on their own. The FSP bloc holds a majority in this chamber in its own right.

Government: Lenín Moreno (Alianza PAIS) — commanded a working majority. FSP party in government: yes. PAIS kept an absolute majority (74 of 137, down from 100 in 2013) and Moreno won the presidency on its ticket — but within months he broke with Rafael Correa, and the Correísta wing (roughly 30 assembly members) split off into opposition. The majority elected here therefore stopped being FSP-aligned mid-term: from 2018 the FSP-aligned bloc was the Revolución Ciudadana rump in opposition, while Moreno's remaining PAIS governed from the centre-right with opposition votes. (source 1, source 2, source 3)

2013 — Asamblea Nacional (137 seats; majority = 69)

FSP member parties together: 100 of 137 (73%) — a majority on their own. The FSP bloc holds a majority in this chamber in its own right.

Government: Rafael Correa (Alianza PAIS) — commanded a working majority. FSP party in government: yes. Alianza PAIS held 100 of 137 seats — a two-thirds supermajority in its own right, enough to pass constitutional amendments without any other party. (source 1, source 2)

High court — Corte Nacional de Justicia (and Corte Constitucional)

Seats

21

Appointment

Judges selected through a merit competition run by the Judicial Council (Consejo de la Judicatura).

Changes (FSP era)

A 2011 referendum under Correa restructured the judiciary, creating a transitional Judicial Council that overhauled judge selection; critics said it gave the executive undue influence over appointments, supporters cited reform of a dysfunctional system.

How much remains

Post-Correa governments have continued to reshape the Judicial Council and the courts; the bench turns over through the merit-competition mechanism. Current members not itemized here.

Verified

yes — sourced

Court history (1990–present)

Structural changes to the court during the Foro de São Paulo era — size changes, court-packings, purges and reforms. packing/purge mark expansions and forced removals. Sources: source.

Bench control by appointing government

Sourced period bands: how much of the sitting high-court bench was appointed (or, where sources say so, effectively controlled) under FSP-member governments. Appointment provenance is not a claim about how judges rule — see each band's notes; documented interventions are in the court history above. Seat counts appear only where sources give them; years outside these bands are uncovered, not asserted.

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Court_of_Justice_(Ecuador)