1978–79 Ecuadorian general election

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]

1978–79 Ecuadorian general election

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Presidential election
16 July 1978 (first round)
29 April 1979 (second round)
 
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%

Second round results by province

President before election

Alfredo Poveda
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Jaime Roldós Aguilera
CFP

Results

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President

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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
Raúl Clemente Huerta [es]Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party311,98322.67
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left165,25812.01
Abdón CalderónAlfarista 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

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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
Revolutionary Nationalist Party [es]108,4377.54165,1504.5412
Democratic Institutionalist Coalition [es]90,2776.27185,8355.9923
Democratic People's Movement68,9824.79170,5904.9201
People's Democratic Union44,8103.11064,2494.4811
National Velasquista Federation [es]37,7402.62042,8402.9911
Socialist Party of Revolutionary People's Action26,8491.87037,5962.6200
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action [es]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

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Name Party Constituency
Alejandro Carrión Pérez ID Pichincha
Antonio Arnulfo Andrade Fajardo CFP Los Ríos
Arnaldo Merino Muñoz ID Chimborazo
Arquímides Valdez Carcelén CFP National
Arturo Córdova Malo ID Guayas
Assad Bucaram CFP National
Augusto Cid Abad Prado ID Morona Santiago
Aurelio Carrera del Río PNR Guayas
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy PNR National
César Gustavo Valdivieso Egas CFP Zamora Chinchipe
Edgar Orbea Rubio CFP Cotopaxi
Edgar Vicente Garrido Jaramillo CFP Loja
Eduardo Rivas Ayora CFP Cañar
Eudoro Bienvenido Loor Rivadeneira PLRE Manabí
Ezequiel Clavijo Martínez PCE Cañar
Fausto Vallejo Escobar CFP Chimborazo
Francisco Leónidas Daza Palacios CFP Manabí
Gabriel Nicola Loor CFP Los Ríos
Gabriel Olmedo Arroba Espinoza CFP Guayas
Galo Pico Mantilla PCE Tungurahua
Galo Vayas Salazar CFP Pichincha
Gil Barragán Romero CID Pichincha
Gilberto Francisco Plaza Chillambo CFP Esmeraldas
Gonzalo Gallegos ID Tungurahua
Gonzalo González Real CFP Bolívar
Gualberto Sigifredo Ortiz PCE Bolívar
Harry Abdón Álvarez García ID El Oro
Héctor Ricardo Bowen Cavagnaro FNV Manabí
Heinz Rodolfo Moeller Freile CID Guayas
Jacinto Velázquez Herrera PSC Guayas
Jaime del Castillo PLRE Pichincha
Jaime Hurtado MPD National
Jorge Chiriboga Guerrero UDP Esmeraldas
Jorge Milton Fadul Suazo CFP El Oro
Jorge Zambrano García CFP Manabí
José Enrique Ponce Luque PSC Los Ríos
José Miguel Mosquera Murillo CFP National
Juan Manuel Real CFP Tungurahua
Juan Tama Márquez CFP Azuay
Julio Arturo Piedra Armijos PCE Loja
Julio Ayala Serra CFP Guayas
Julio César Trujillo Vásquez CFP Pichincha
León Febres Cordero PSC National
Leopoldo Severo Espinoza Valdivieso PCE Azuay
Luis Antonio Gavilánez Villagómez CFP Guayas
Luis Alfredo Mejía Montesdeoca ID Imbabura
Luis Barrezueta Erazo ID Galápagos
Luis Muñoz Herrería ID Imbabura
Manuel Córdova Galarza ID Pichincha
Marco Proaño Maya CFP Imbabura
Maximiliano Rosero Sánchez CFP Cotopaxi
Medardo Alfonso Mora Solórzano PLRE Manabí
Nelson Félix Navarrete CFP Napo
Otto Arosemena CID National
Pablo Dávalos Dillon PCE Chimborazo
Pedro Carlos Falquez Batallas CFP El Oro
Pío Oswaldo Cueva Puertas PCE Loja
Rafael Armijos Valdivieso PCE National
Rafael Márquez Moreno CFP National
Raúl Clemente Huerta Rendón PLRE National
Raúl Baca Carbo ID National
Reinaldo Yanchapaxi Cando PCE Cotopaxi
Rodolfo Luis Baquerizo Nazur CFP Guayas
Rodrigo Edmundo Suárez Morales PCE Carchi
Rodrigo Borja ID National
Segundo Eladio Salas Meza CFP Esmeraldas
Vilem Kubes Weingart ID Pastaza
Wilfrido Lucero Bolaños ID Carchi
Xavier Ledesma Ginatta ID Guayas
Source: Almanaque Ecuador total 1996[4]

References

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  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.