1960 Ecuadorian general election

1960 Ecuadorian general election
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Presidential election
 
Nominee José María Velasco Ibarra Galo Plaza
Party FNV PLRE–PSE
Running mate Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy Nicolás Castro Benítez
Popular vote 369,461 179,705
Percentage 48.16% 23.43%
 
Nominee Gonzalo Cordero Crespo Antonio Parra Velasco
Party ADC CPE–CPF–PSE
Running mate Héctor Romero Menéndez Manuel Benjamín Carrión
Popular vote 172,117 45,822
Percentage 22.44% 5.97%
Results by province
President before election

Camilo Ponce Enríquez
PSC

Elected President

José María Velasco Ibarra
FNV

General elections were held in Ecuador on 5 June 1960.[1] The presidential election was won by José María Velasco Ibarra of the National Velasquista Federation, who received 48.2% of the vote.[2] His fourth term of office began on 1 September.[3]

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
José María Velasco IbarraCarlos Julio ArosemenaNational Velasquista Federation369,46148.16
Galo PlazaNicolás Castro BenítezPLRE–PSE179,70523.43
Gonzalo Cordero CrespoHéctor RomeroChristian Democratic Action (PCE–PSC–ARNE)172,11722.44
Antonio Parra VelascoBenjamín CarriónCPE–CPF–PSE dissisents45,8225.97
Total767,105100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,009,280–
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p401
  3. ^ Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe, p 299
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Ecuadorian_general_election