1978–1979 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]

1979 Ecuadorian general election

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

Map of results of the second round by provinces.

President before election

Alfredo Poveda
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Jaime Roldós
CFP

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Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Jaime Roldós AguileraConcentration of People's Forces381,21527.71,025,14868.5
Sixto Durán BallénSocial Christian Party328,46123.9471,65731.5
Raúl Clemente HuertaEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party311,98322.7
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left165,25812.0
Abdón CalderónAlfarista Radical Front124,3479.0
René MaugéBroad Front of the Left65,1874.7
Invalid/blank votes199,915184,481
Total1,576,3661001,681,286100
Registered voters/turnout2,088,87475.462,088,87480.5
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

Party Nationwide District Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Concentration of People's Forces445,22930.94454,91031.72529
Democratic Left265,06818.42212,09114.81315
Social Christian Party123,4118.6191,3846.423
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party115,1108.01138,4569.734
Conservative Party112,9097.81126,9428.9910
Revolutionary Nationalist Party108,4377.4165,1504.512
Democratic Institutionalist Coalition90,2776.3185,8356.023
Democratic People's Movement68,8924.8170,5904.901
People's Democratic Union44,8103.1064,2494.511
Velasquista National Federation37,7402.6042,8403.011
Socialist Party of Revolutionary People's Action26,8491.9037,5962.600
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action43,4833.000
Invalid/blank votes236,373245,398
Total1,675,195100121,678,9241005769
Registered voters/turnout2,088,87480.22,088,87480.4
Source: Nohlen, IPU

List of elected Representatives

Name Party Constituency
Alejandro Carrión PérezIDPichincha
Antonio Arnulfo Andrade FajardoCFPLos Ríos
Arnaldo Merino MuñozIDChimborazo
Arquímides Valdez CarcelénCFPNational
Arturo Córdova MaloIDGuayas
Assad BucaramCFPNational
Augusto Cid Abad PradoIDMorona Santiago
Aurelio Carrera del RíoPNRGuayas
Carlos Julio Arosemena MonroyPNRNational
César Gustavo Valdivieso EgasCFPZamora Chinchipe
Edgar Orbea RubioCFPCotopaxi
Edgar Vicente Garrido JaramilloCFPLoja
Eduardo Rivas AyoraCFPCañar
Eudoro Bienvenido Loor RivadeneiraPLREManabí
Ezequiel Clavijo MartínezPCECañar
Fausto Vallejo EscobarCFPChimborazo
Francisco Leónidas Daza PalaciosCFPManabí
Gabriel Nicola LoorCFPLos Ríos
Gabriel Olmedo Arroba EspinozaCFPGuayas
Galo Pico MantillaPCETungurahua
Galo Vayas SalazarCFPPichincha
Gil Barragán RomeroCIDPichincha
Gilberto Francisco Plaza ChillamboCFPEsmeraldas
Gonzalo GallegosIDTungurahua
Gonzalo González RealCFPBolívar
Gualberto Sigifredo OrtizPCEBolívar
Harry Abdón Álvarez GarcíaIDEl Oro
Héctor Ricardo Bowen CavagnaroFNVManabí
Heinz Rodolfo Moeller FreileCIDGuayas
Jacinto Velázquez HerreraPSCGuayas
Jaime del CastilloPLREPichincha
Jaime HurtadoMPDNational
Jorge Chiriboga GuerreroUDPEsmeraldas
Jorge Milton Fadul SuazoCFPEl Oro
Jorge Zambrano GarcíaCFPManabí
José Enrique Ponce LuquePSCLos Ríos
José Miguel Mosquera MurilloCFPNational
Juan Manuel RealCFPTungurahua
Juan Tama MárquezCFPAzuay
Julio Arturo Piedra ArmijosPCELoja
Julio Ayala SerraCFPGuayas
Julio César Trujillo VásquezCFPPichincha
León Febres CorderoPSCNational
Leopoldo Severo Espinoza ValdiviesoPCEAzuay
Luis Antonio Gavilánez VillagómezCFPGuayas
Luis Alfredo Mejía MontesdeocaIDImbabura
Luis Barrezueta ErazoIDGalápagos
Luis Muñoz HerreríaIDImbabura
Manuel Córdova GalarzaIDPichincha
Marco Proaño MayaCFPImbabura
Maximiliano Rosero SánchezCFPCotopaxi
Medardo Alfonso Mora SolórzanoPLREManabí
Nelson Félix NavarreteCFPNapo
Otto ArosemenaCIDNational
Pablo Dávalos DillonPCEChimborazo
Pedro Carlos Falquez BatallasCFPEl Oro
Pío Oswaldo Cueva PuertasPCELoja
Rafael Armijos ValdiviesoPCENational
Rafael Márquez MorenoCFPNational
Raúl Clemente Huerta RendónPLRENational
Raúl Baca CarboIDNational
Reinaldo Yanchapaxi CandoPCECotopaxi
Rodolfo Luis Baquerizo NazurCFPGuayas
Rodrigo Edmundo Suárez MoralesPCECarchi
Rodrigo BorjaIDNational
Segundo Eladio Salas MezaCFPEsmeraldas
Vilem Kubes WeingartIDPastaza
Wilfrido Lucero BolañosIDCarchi
Xavier Ledesma GinattaIDGuayas
Source: Almanaque Ecuador total 1996[4]
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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
  4. Almanaque Ecuador Total 1996, Publimprent S.A.
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