Democratic Left Izquierda Democrática | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | ID |
| President | Enrique Chávez |
| Spokesperson | Marlon Cadena |
| Founder | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Split from | Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party |
| Membership | 181,804 (2022)[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | National Agreement for Change |
| Regional affiliation | COPPPAL |
| International affiliation | Socialist International[2] |
| Colors | Orange |
| Seats in the National Assembly | 0 / 137 |
| Prefects | 1 / 23 |
| Mayors | 10 / 221 |
| Website | |
| http://izquierdademocratica.com/ | |
The Democratic Left (Spanish: Izquierda Democrática, ID) is a social-democratic political party in Ecuador. At the legislative elections, held on 20 October 2002, the party won at least 13 out of 100 seats. Its candidate Rodrigo Borja, who was president of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992, won 14.4% of the vote in the presidential elections of the same day. For the October 2006 elections, it has entered into an alliance with the Ethics and Democracy Network (Red Etica y Democracia), to support the ticket formed by former Vice-President León Roldós, and Ramiro González, former Prefect of the Pichincha Canton. The party won 13 seats in Congress again, while its presidential ticket came in fourth place.
In April 2022 the party had thirteen members in the National Assembly after it excluded Johanna Moreira from the party.[3]
For the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, the party supported the candidacy of Otto Sonnenholzner.[4] For the second round, the party announced its support for Daniel Noboa.[5] The party was left also without any representatives in the National Assembly, the result of an internal struggle within the party that remains unresolved.[6]
