The Democratic People's Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Popular Democrático, MPD) was the electoral wing of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (affiliated with the ICMLPO-U&S) and a political party in Ecuador since 1978.
Democratic People's Movement Movimiento Popular Democrático | |
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| Historical leaders | Jaime Hurtado |
| Founded | 17 March 1978 |
| Dissolved | 3 July 2014 |
| Succeeded by | Popular Unity |
| Headquarters | Quito |
| Newspaper | Patria Nueva |
| Youth wing | Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador |
| Ideology | Marxism–Leninism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | PCMLE |
| Colours | Turquoise and Orange |
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| Official web site | |
At the legislative elections of 20 October 2002, the party won at least 3 out of 100 seats. It again won 3 seats at the 2006 elections, where its presidential candidate Luis Villacis came in 9th place with 1.33% of the vote. In the 2009 National Assembly elections it won 5 out of 124 seats with 4.05% of the vote.
Within 26 years of its founding, the MPD reached 29 national and provincial deputies, a prefect, 33 provincial councilors, 21 mayors and council chairmen, 285 councilors, and 313 parish council members.[1]
The principles of the party can be summarized in its slogan: the "conquest of a popular government, patriotic, democratic, and revolutionary that resolutely applies its program and lays the groundwork for the conquest of socialism."
The MPD was a party with union presence and plays a leading role in the organization of strikes and the politicization of state educational entities through its participation in the National Union of Educators. This has brought it success within the trade unions.
From 9 to 13 July 2007, the MPD and PCMLE jointly organized the XI International Seminar's "Problems of Revolution in Latin America," which was attended by, in addition to the MPD and PCMLE, organizations like the FARC, the Popular Liberation Army of Colombia, the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front of Chile, the Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland, and several other organizations in Ecuador, including the Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador, the Federation of University Students of Ecuador, the General Workers Union of Ecuador, and the United Federation of Affiliates for Peasant Social Security.[2]
MPD published Patria Nueva.
Electoral Results
editPresidential elections
edit| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Position | ||
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| # | % | # | % | |||
| 1978-1979 | — | |||||
| 1984[3] | Jaime Hurtado | 161,810 | 7.3 | N/A | 4th | |
| 1988 | — | |||||
| 1992[3] | Fausto Moreno | 66,507 | 2.0 | N/A | 7th | |
| 1996[3] | 89,472 | 2.3 | 7th | |||
| 1998[3][4] | Maria Eugenia Lima | 97,522 | 2.5 | 6th | ||
| 2002 | — | |||||
| 2006[5] | Luis Villacís | 72,762 | 1.33 | N/A | 9th | |
| 2009 | — | |||||
| 2013 | ||||||
Legislative elections
edit| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 1978-1979 | 139,572 | 9.71 | 1 / 69
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| 1984 | 257,369 | 12.61 | 3 / 70
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| 1988[3] | 163,562 | 5.84 | 2 / 72
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| 1992 | 344,667 | 10.8 | 4 / 77
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| 1996[3] | 303,890 | 8.7 | 2 / 82
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| 1998[3][4] | 1,131,349 | 6.3 | 2 / 121
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| 2002[6] | ? | 3 / 100
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| 2006[7] | 126,188 | 4.0 | 3 / 100
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| 2009 | 2,766,276 | 4.29 | 5 / 124
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| 2013[a][8] | 280,539 | 3.26% | 5 / 137
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ As a part of the alliance Plurinational Unity of the Lefts
References
edit- ^ El Comercio, "MPD, el brazo callejero de Correa", 20 de marzo de 2007, p. 3
- ^ XI Seminario Internacional Archived 5 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ a b "LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1998". Adam Carr's Election Archive.
- ^ Somogyi, Petr. "THE 2006 ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS: A RADICAL SHIFT TO THE LEFT?" (PDF). Association for International Affairs.
- ^ "ECUADOR: parliamentary elections Congreso Nacional, 2002". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Ecuador Leg 15 Oct 2006". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2024.