Ecuadorian presidential election, 1948

Ecuadorian general election, 1948

6 June 1948



Nominee	Galo Plaza Lasso	Manuel Elisio Flor
Party	MCDN	PC
Running mate	Abel Gilbert	Manuel Sotomayor Luna
Popular vote	115,708	112,356
Percentage	41.1%	39.9%

President before election

Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola

Elected President

Galo Plaza

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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 National Democratic Civic Movement.^[2] He was inaugurated as President on 1 September 1948.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Galo Plaza	National Democratic Civic Movement	115,708	41.1
Manuel Flor Torres	Conservative Party	112,356	39.9
Camilo Ponce Enríquez	PLRE-PSE	53,649	19.0
Total		281,713	100
Registered voters/turnout		455,524
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p400

Elections and referendums in Ecuador

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