Citizen Revolution Movement

The party takes its name from the term used to refer to the project of building a new society.

Citizen Revolution Movement Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana
Abbreviation	RC
Leader	Rafael Correa
President	Marcela Aguiñaga
General Secretary	David Villamar
Founder	Iván Espinel
Founded	2010 (historical) August 2021 (modern)
Registered	18 August 2016; 7 years ago (2016-08-18)
Split from	PAIS Alliance
Headquarters	Quito
Youth wing	Frente de Jóvenes de la RC
Membership (2022)	200,000
Ideology	Democratic socialism Post-neoliberalism Correism Left-wing populism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Union for Hope
Regional affiliation	São Paulo Forum
Colors	Cyan   White   Red
Seats in the National Assembly	51 / 135
Provincial Prefects	2 / 137
Mayors	50 / 221
Website
revolucionciudadana.com.ec
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The party has its origins in early January 2018, as former Ecuadorian President and PAIS leader Rafael Correa left the ruling party over disagreement with the new direction of the party under Lenín Moreno. The party was formed by Correa and a large faction of left-wing PAIS defectors shortly after Correa left PAIS.

The party faced difficulties in obtaining official registration, as Ecuador's electoral authorities refused to register the party and give it access to the signature collection system, as they stated the party was using the symbols and slogans of the PAIS Alliance. The movement's leaders then attempted to register the party under the name "Revolutionary Alfarist Movement", named after former Ecuadorian President Eloy Alfaro, but this was also rejected by Ecuador's electoral authorities. The party's authorities blamed "political direction" by Lenín Moreno's government for these refusals, accusing them of seeking to "prevent the political participation" of the movement and its members.

 

The 11 April 2021 presidential election run-off vote ended in a win for conservative former banker, Guillermo Lasso, taking 52.4% of the vote compared to 47.6% of the candidate of Citizen Revolution Movement, left-wing economist Andrés Arauz, supported by exiled former president, Rafael Correa.

In June 2021 it was reported that Arauz had resigned the leadership of the Citizen Revolution movement and he was briefly replaced by Raisa Corral who is a legislator for Manabi. She was succeeded by Marcela Aguiñaga as president of the Citizen Revolution Movement later in 2021.

National Assembly elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2021	Rafael Correa	2,584,595	32.21	42 / 137	New
2023		3,326,110	39.72	42 / 116

Presidential elections