2002 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 20 October 2002, with a second round of the presidential elections on 24 November.[1] The result was a victory for Lucio Gutiérrez of the PSPMUPP–NP alliance, who won the run-off with 54.8% of the vote.[2] The Social Christian Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 24 of the 100 seats.[3]

2002 Ecuadorian general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Lucio Gutiérrez Álvaro Noboa
Party PSP PRIAN
Running mate Alfredo Palacio Marcelo Cruz
Popular vote 2,803,243 2,312,854
Percentage 54.79% 45.21%

Second round results by province

President before election

Gustavo Noboa
Democracia Popular

Elected President

Lucio Gutiérrez
PSP

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Lucio GutiérrezPSPMUPP–NP943,12320.642,803,24354.79
Álvaro NoboaInstitutional Renewal Party of National Action794,61417.392,312,85445.21
León Roldós AguileraCitizen Force Movement703,59315.40
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left638,14213.97
Xavier Neira MenéndezSocial Christian Party553,10612.11
Jacobo BucarámEcuadorian Roldosist Party544,68811.92
Jacinto VelazquezIndependent Social Transformation Movement169,3113.71
Ivonne BakiPLRE–Metamorfosis79,5981.74
César AlarconFreedom Party54,7931.20
Osvaldo HurtadoSolidarity Fatherland Movement49,0431.07
Antonio VargasIndependent Amauta Jatari Movement39,1710.86
Total4,569,182100.005,116,097100.00
Valid votes4,569,18286.235,116,09788.10
Invalid/blank votes729,39913.77691,01211.90
Total votes5,298,581100.005,807,109100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,154,42564.988,154,42571.21
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

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PartySeats
Social Christian Party24
Popular Democracy–Christian Democratic Union19
Democratic Left13
Institutional Renewal Party of National Action10
PSPMUPP6
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country5
Democratic People's Movement3
Patriotic Society Party2
PSFAMUPP2
MPDPSFA2
AN–PSFADPUDC1
Concentration of People's Forces1
Democratic LeftDPUDC1
Democratic LeftMCNP1
Democratic Left–MIRE1
Democratic Transformation1
Freedom Party1
MUPPMCNP1
Provincial Integration Movement1
Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador1
PSPMPD1
Social Christian Party–AN1
Solidarity Fatherland Movement1
UN–PSC1
Total100
Source: Córdova

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p380 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p404
  3. ^ Elections held in 2002 IPU