Women's suffrage in Ecuador
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Women's suffrage in Ecuador was introduced into the Constitution in 1929.[1] Ecuador was the first country in South America to introduce women's suffrage.[2][3]
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Women were explicitly excluded from suffrage in the Constitution of 1884. In the Constitution of 1897, women's rights were improved and the definition of a voter was made gender neutral, however it was still informally understood that women were not to exercise that right. The issue was raised by Matilde Hidalgo in 1924, which caused a public debate as well as a debate in Parliament. This prompted a process which started with the acceptance of her voting request by the Council of State, and ended in the introduction of women's suffrage in the new constitution of 1929. [4][5]
In the 2017 elections, 5,427,261 women voted,[6] compared to the 5,206,173 men.[7]