Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaEcuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020
This article analyses Democracy Code reforms that came into effect on February 3rd of 2020 and its impact in the reconfiguration of the Ecuadorian electoral system. This paper attempts to determine if, whether or not, implementing the Webster method for local elections constitutes a change in terms...
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| author | Garzón Sherdek, Karen Andrea Cahuasquí Cevallos, Santiago Manuel |
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| description | This article analyses Democracy Code reforms that came into effect on February 3rd of 2020 and its impact in the reconfiguration of the Ecuadorian electoral system. This paper attempts to determine if, whether or not, implementing the Webster method for local elections constitutes a change in terms of proportionality of the electoral system or if it reproduces a concentrating and exclusive regulatory framework. This research studied three elements that comprise the electoral system, affected by the reform: candidacy form, vote form, and formula for the allocation of seats. These elements were problematized considering the current type of electoral constituency. Authors such as Freidenberg (2010) and Pachano (2010) have pointed out that heterogeneity is a central feature of the Ecuadorian electoral system, accentuated by ongoing reforms different in nature and depth. However, although this particularity does not represent an inconvenience per se in terms of obtaining electoral process’ results, does have a direct impact on the party system, the political representation, and, therefore, on the efficiency of representative democracy. |
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| spelling | estadocomunes-article-2082021-12-02T20:57:43Z Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 Sistema electoral ecuatoriano, ¿concentrador o proporcional?: una aproximación crítica a las reformas del 2019-2020 Garzón Sherdek, Karen Andrea Cahuasquí Cevallos, Santiago Manuel sistema electoral ecuatoriano Código de la Democracia método Webster paridad de género fórmula de adjudicación proporcionalidad concentración Ecuadorian electoral sytem Democracy Code Webster method gender parity award formula proportionality concentration This article analyses Democracy Code reforms that came into effect on February 3rd of 2020 and its impact in the reconfiguration of the Ecuadorian electoral system. This paper attempts to determine if, whether or not, implementing the Webster method for local elections constitutes a change in terms of proportionality of the electoral system or if it reproduces a concentrating and exclusive regulatory framework. This research studied three elements that comprise the electoral system, affected by the reform: candidacy form, vote form, and formula for the allocation of seats. These elements were problematized considering the current type of electoral constituency. Authors such as Freidenberg (2010) and Pachano (2010) have pointed out that heterogeneity is a central feature of the Ecuadorian electoral system, accentuated by ongoing reforms different in nature and depth. However, although this particularity does not represent an inconvenience per se in terms of obtaining electoral process’ results, does have a direct impact on the party system, the political representation, and, therefore, on the efficiency of representative democracy. Este artículo analiza las reformas al Código de la Democracia vigentes desde el 3 de febrero de 2020 y su impacto en la reconfiguración del sistema electoral ecuatoriano. Se intenta determinar si la implementación del método Webster para elecciones locales constituye o no un cambio respecto a la proporcionalidad del sistema electoral o, por el contrario, reproducen un marco normativo concentrador y excluyente. Se analizan tres de los elementos que conforman el sistema electoral y que fueron motivo de la reforma: forma de candidatura, forma de voto y fórmula de adjudicación de escaños que se problematizarán a la luz del tipo de circunscripción electoral vigente. Autores como Freidenberg (2010) y Pachano (2010) han señalado que la heterogeneidad es una característica central del sistema electoral ecuatoriano, acentuado por un proceso de constantes reformas de distinto tipo y profundidad. Sin embargo, esta particularidad, que no representa per se un inconveniente en términos de la obtención de resultados de un proceso eleccionario, sí tiene incidencia directa en el sistema de partidos, la representación política, y, por tanto, en la eficiencia de la democracia representativa. Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales IAEN 2021-01-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos evaluados por doble pares ciegos application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/208 10.37228/estado_comunes.v1.n12.2021.208 Estado & comunes; Vol. 1 No. 12 (2021): Democracy and political culture in Latin America; 17-36 Estado & comunes; Vol. 1 Núm. 12 (2021): Democracia y cultura política en América Latina ; 17-36 2477-9245 1390-8081 10.37228/estado_comunes.v1.n12.2021 spa https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/208/372 https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/208/396 https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/208/388 Derechos de autor 2021 Karen Andrea Garzón Sherdek, Santiago Manuel Cahuasquí Cevallos |
| spellingShingle | Garzón Sherdek, Karen Andrea Cahuasquí Cevallos, Santiago Manuel Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| title | Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| title_full | Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| title_fullStr | Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| title_short | Ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| title_sort | ecuadorian electoral system, concentrating or proportional? a critical approach to the reforms of 2019-2020 |
| url | https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/208 |