Ecuadorian general election, 1978–1979

Ecuadorian general election, 1984

16 July 1978 and 29 April 1979

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

President before election Alfredo Poveda Nonpartisan Elected President Jaime Roldós 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 Parliament, winning 29 of the 69 seats.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		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
	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

References

1. Nohlen, D (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