1948 Ecuadorian presidential election

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1948 Ecuadorian presidential election

6 June 1948
Presidential election
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Nominee Galo Plaza Manuel Flor Torres Alberto Enríquez Gallo
Party PC PLREPSE
Running mate Carlos Cueva Tamariz
Popular vote 115,708 112,356 53,649
Percentage 41.07% 39.88% 19.04%

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Results by province

President before election

Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola

Elected President

Galo Plaza

Presidential elections were held in Ecuador on 6 June 1948.[1] The elections were supervised by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for the first time. The result was a victory for Galo Plaza of the .[2] He was inaugurated as President on 1 September 1948.

Results[]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Galo Plaza115,70841.07
Manuel Flor TorresConservative Party112,35639.88
Alberto Enríquez GalloPLREPSE53,64919.04
Total281,713100.00
Registered voters/turnout455,524
Source: Nohlen

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p400
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