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