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1978?79 Ecuadorian general election
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General elections were held in
Ecuador
in 1978 and 1979.
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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 Roldos 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.
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The CPF emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 29 of the 69 seats.
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Results
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President
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| Candidate
| Party
| First round
| Second round
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| Votes
| %
| Votes
| %
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| Jaime Roldos Aguilera
| Concentration of People's Forces
| 381,215
| 27.70
| 1,025,148
| 68.49
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| Sixto Duran Ballen
| Social Christian Party
| 328,461
| 23.86
| 471,657
| 31.51
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| Raul Clemente Huerta
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| Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
| 311,983
| 22.67
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| Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
| Democratic Left
| 165,258
| 12.01
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| Abdon Calderon
| Alfarista Radical Front
| 124,347
| 9.03
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| Rene Mauge
| Broad Front of the Left
| 65,187
| 4.74
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| Total
| 1,376,451
| 100.00
| 1,496,805
| 100.00
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| Valid votes
| 1,376,451
| 87.32
| 1,496,805
| 89.03
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| Invalid/blank votes
| 199,915
| 12.68
| 184,481
| 10.97
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| Total votes
| 1,576,366
| 100.00
| 1,681,286
| 100.00
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| Registered voters/turnout
| 2,088,874
| 75.46
| 2,088,874
| 80.49
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| Source: Nohlen
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National Congress
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| Party
| Nationwide
| District
| Total
seats
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| Votes
| %
| Seats
| Votes
| %
| Seats
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| Concentration of People's Forces
| 445,229
| 30.94
| 4
| 454,910
| 31.73
| 25
| 29
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| Democratic Left
| 265,068
| 18.42
| 2
| 212,091
| 14.80
| 13
| 15
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| Social Christian Party
| 123,411
| 8.58
| 1
| 91,384
| 6.37
| 2
| 3
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| Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
| 115,110
| 8.00
| 1
| 138,456
| 9.66
| 3
| 4
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| Conservative Party
| 112,909
| 7.85
| 1
| 126,942
| 8.86
| 9
| 10
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| Revolutionary Nationalist Party
[
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| 108,437
| 7.54
| 1
| 65,150
| 4.54
| 1
| 2
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| Democratic Institutionalist Coalition
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| 90,277
| 6.27
| 1
| 85,835
| 5.99
| 2
| 3
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| Democratic People's Movement
| 68,982
| 4.79
| 1
| 70,590
| 4.92
| 0
| 1
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| People's Democratic Union
| 44,810
| 3.11
| 0
| 64,249
| 4.48
| 1
| 1
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| National Velasquista Federation
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| 37,740
| 2.62
| 0
| 42,840
| 2.99
| 1
| 1
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| Socialist Party of Revolutionary People's Action
| 26,849
| 1.87
| 0
| 37,596
| 2.62
| 0
| 0
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| Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action
[
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| | 43,483
| 3.03
| 0
| 0
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| Total
| 1,438,822
| 100.00
| 12
| 1,433,526
| 100.00
| 57
| 69
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| Valid votes
| 1,438,822
| 85.89
| | 1,433,526
| 85.38
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| Invalid/blank votes
| 236,373
| 14.11
| | 245,398
| 14.62
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| Total votes
| 1,675,195
| 100.00
| | 1,678,924
| 100.00
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| Registered voters/turnout
| 2,088,874
| 80.20
| | 2,088,874
| 80.37
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| Source: Nohlen,
IPU
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List of elected representatives
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References
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- ^
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Dieter Nohlen
(2005)
Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II
, p379
ISBN
978-0-19-928358-3
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Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe
, p300
- ^
Nohlen, p395
- ^
Almanaque Ecuador Total 1996
, Publimprent S.A.
