The first constitutional constitutional elections in the Kingdom of Quito, 1809-1814 and 1821-1822

Abstract

The disintegration of the Spanish Monarchy at the beginning of the 19th century was century was accompanied by both a great political revolution and the emergence of the new nation-states of Spain and America. and the emergence of the new nation-states of Spain and America. This essay considers the political revolution in the Kingdom of Quito through an analysis of the popular elections of the popular elections introduced by the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Spanish Constitution of 1812. The elections held in the Kingdom of Quito at the of Quito in the midst of a growing insurrection provide an example of the efforts an example of the efforts by liberals to introduce constitutional government throughout the constitutional government throughout the Spanish nation. Furthermore, underline the widespread and popular nature of those elections, which involved the vast involving the vast majority of adult men, including Indians as well as Spaniards, Creoles and mestizos. mestizos.