section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  The 2025 election was held after an early election in 2023 after former President Guillermo Lasso invoked the ' muerte cruzada ', just days before a congressional impeachment vote. That constitutional mechanism dissolved the National Assembly and triggered a snap election. In that election, Daniel Noboa was elected to complete Lasso's unfinished term, which runs until May 2025.
  
  The 2025 election saw Ecuador returning to its regular electoral schedule to determine the president and vice president for a full four-year term, alongside members of the National Assembly.