Democratic Left (Ecuador)

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.

Democratic Left Izquierda Democrática
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	Social democracy
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/
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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]