1978–79 Ecuadorian general election

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1979 Ecuadorian general election

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  Jaime Roldós Aguilera.png Sixto Durán-Ballén.png
Nominee Jaime Roldós Aguilera Sixto Durán Ballén
Party CFP PSC
Running mate Osvaldo Hurtado José Icaza
Popular vote 1,025,148 471,657
Percentage 68.49% 31.51%

Votos Presidente por Provincia Ecuador segunda vuelta 1979.svg
Map of results of the second round by provinces.

President before election

Alfredo Poveda
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Jaime Roldós Aguilera
CFP

General elections were held in Ecuador in 1978 and 1979.[1] The first round of the presidential election was held on 16 July 1978, with a second round held alongside parliamentary elections on 29 April 1979.[1] The presidential election was won by Jaime Roldós Aguilera of the Concentration of People's Forces (CPF), who received 68.5% of the vote in the run-off, becoming the country's first freely-elected president.[2] The CPF emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 29 of the 69 seats.[3]

Results[]

President[]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Jaime Roldós AguileraConcentration of People's Forces381,21527.701,025,14868.49
Sixto Durán BallénSocial Christian Party328,46123.86471,65731.51
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party311,98322.67
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left165,25812.01
Alfarista Radical Front124,3479.03
René MaugéBroad Front of the Left65,1874.74
Total1,376,451100.001,496,805100.00
Valid votes1,376,45187.321,496,80589.03
Invalid/blank votes199,91512.68184,48110.97
Total votes1,576,366100.001,681,286100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,088,87475.462,088,87480.49
Source: Nohlen

National Congress[]

PartyNationwideDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Concentration of People's Forces445,22930.944454,91031.732529
Democratic Left265,06818.422212,09114.801315
Social Christian Party123,4118.58191,3846.3723
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party115,1108.001138,4569.6634
Conservative Party112,9097.851126,9428.86910
108,4377.54165,1504.5412
90,2776.27185,8355.9923
Democratic People's Movement68,9824.79170,5904.9201
44,8103.11064,2494.4811
37,7402.62042,8402.9911
Socialist Party of Revolutionary People's Action26,8491.87037,5962.6200
43,4833.0300
Total1,438,822100.00121,433,526100.005769
Valid votes1,438,82285.891,433,52685.38
Invalid/blank votes236,37314.11245,39814.62
Total votes1,675,195100.001,678,924100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,088,87480.202,088,87480.37
Source: Nohlen, IPU

List of elected Representatives[]

Name Party Constituency
ID Pichincha
CFP Los Ríos
ID Chimborazo
CFP
ID Guayas
Assad Bucaram CFP
ID Morona Santiago
Guayas
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy
CFP Zamora Chinchipe
CFP Cotopaxi
CFP Loja
CFP Cañar
PLRE Manabí
PCE Cañar
CFP Chimborazo
CFP Manabí
CFP Los Ríos
CFP Guayas
PCE Tungurahua
CFP Pichincha
Pichincha
CFP Esmeraldas
ID Tungurahua
CFP Bolívar
PCE Bolívar
ID El Oro
Manabí
Guayas
PSC Guayas
PLRE Pichincha
Jaime Hurtado MPD
Esmeraldas
CFP El Oro
CFP Manabí
PSC Los Ríos
CFP
CFP Tungurahua
CFP Azuay
PCE Loja
CFP Guayas
CFP Pichincha
León Febres Cordero PSC
PCE Azuay
CFP Guayas
ID Imbabura
ID Galápagos
ID Imbabura
ID Pichincha
CFP Imbabura
CFP Cotopaxi
PLRE Manabí
CFP Napo
Otto Arosemena
PCE Chimborazo
CFP El Oro
PCE Loja
PCE
CFP
PLRE
Raúl Baca Carbo ID
PCE Cotopaxi
CFP Guayas
PCE Carchi
Rodrigo Borja ID
CFP Esmeraldas
ID Pastaza
ID Carchi
ID Guayas
Source: Almanaque Ecuador total 1996[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe, p300
  3. ^ Nohlen, p395
  4. ^ Almanaque Ecuador Total 1996, Publimprent S.A.
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