Ecuadorian general election, 1978–1979
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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 Parliament, winning 29 of the 69 seats.[3]
Results
President
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Jaime Roldós Aguilera | Concentration of People's Forces | 381,215 | 27.7 | 1,025,148 | 68.5 |
Sixto Durán Ballén | Social Christian Party | 328,461 | 23.9 | 471,657 | 31.5 |
Raúl Clemente Huerta | Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 311,983 | 22.7 | ||
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | Democratic Left | 165,258 | 12.0 | ||
Abdón Calderón | Alfarista Radical Front | 124,347 | 9.0 | ||
René Mauge | Broad Front of the Left | 65,187 | 4.7 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 199,915 | – | 184,481 | – | |
Total | 1,576,366 | 100 | 1,681,286 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,088,874 | 75.46 | 2,088,874 | 80.5 | |
Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
Party | Nationwide | District | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
Concentration of People's Forces | 445,229 | 30.9 | 4 | 454,910 | 31.7 | 25 | 29 |
Democratic Left | 265,068 | 18.4 | 2 | 212,091 | 14.8 | 13 | 15 |
Social Christian Party | 123,411 | 8.6 | 1 | 91,384 | 6.4 | 2 | 3 |
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 115,110 | 8.0 | 1 | 138,456 | 9.7 | 3 | 4 |
Conservative Party | 112,909 | 7.8 | 1 | 126,942 | 8.9 | 9 | 10 |
Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 108,437 | 7.4 | 1 | 65,150 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 |
Democratic Institutionalist Coalition | 90,277 | 6.3 | 1 | 85,835 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 |
Democratic People's Movement | 68,892 | 4.8 | 1 | 70,590 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 |
People's Democratic Union | 44,810 | 3.1 | 0 | 64,249 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 |
Velasquista National Federation | 37,740 | 2.6 | 0 | 42,840 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 |
Socialist Party of Revolutionary People's Action | 26,849 | 1.9 | 0 | 37,596 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action | – | – | – | 43,483 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 236,373 | – | – | 245,398 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,675,195 | 100 | 12 | 1,678,924 | 100 | 57 | 69 |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,088,874 | 80.2 | – | 2,088,874 | 80.4 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen, IPU |
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