Ecuadorian Roldosist Party

The Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano) is a centre-left populist political party in Ecuador. At the legislative elections, 20 October 2002, the party won 15 out of 100 seats. Its candidate Jacobo Bucaram Ortiz won 11.9% of the vote in the presidential elections of the same day, coming in 6th place. At the legislative elections of October 15, 2006, the party was badly defeated, winning 6 of 100 seats in the Congress. Its presidential candidate in 1998, Álvaro Noboa, who was narrowly defeated in that election, ran as a presidential candidate in 2002, 2006 and 2009 for another party and participated unsuccessfully in a runoff both times. The Roldosist Party's own presidential candidate for the 2006 election, Fernando Rosero received less than 2% of the vote. The party was named after former President Jaime Roldós, it was founded by Abdalá Bucaram, his brother-in-law. Bucaram was elected President in 1996 but was impeached the following year. Though Jaime Roldós's brother León Roldós is still very involved in Ecuadorian politics, he is not a member of the Roldosist Party.

Political parties in Ecuador
National Assembly
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  • January 21 Patriotic Society Party (19)
  • Social Christian Party (11)
  • Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (7)
  • Municipalist Movement for National Integrity (5)
  • Democratic People's Movement (5)
  • Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country (4)
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  • Communist Party of Ecuador
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  • Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
  • United Left (Ethics and Democracy Network/Independent Movement Democratic Pole)
  • Christian Democratic Union
  • Provincial Integration Movement
  • Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador
  • Solidary Fatherland Movement
  • Workers' Party of Ecuador
  • Fertile Earth Movement
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  • Independent Just and Solidary Movement
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