1988 Ecuadorian general election

1988 Ecuadorian general election

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Presidential election
31 January 1988 (first round)
8 May 1988 (second round)
Registered4,679,684
Turnout77.63% (first round)
77.70% (second round)
 
Nominee Rodrigo Borja Abdalá Bucaram
Party ID PRE
Running mate Luis Parodi Hugo Caicedo [es]
Popular vote 1,700,648 1,448,498
Percentage 54.0% 46.0%


President before election

León Febres Cordero
PSC

Elected President

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
ID

General elections were held in Ecuador on 31 January 1988, with a second round of the presidential elections on 8 May.[1] Rodrigo Borja Cevallos of the Democratic Left won the presidential elections, receiving 54% of the vote in the second round,[2] whilst the Democratic Left remained the largest faction in the National Congress, winning 31 of the 72 seats.[3]

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rodrigo Borja CevallosLuis ParodiDemocratic Left744,40924.481,700,64854.00
Abdalá BucaramHugo CaicedoEcuadorian Roldosist Party535,48217.611,448,49846.00
Sixto Durán BallénPablo BaquerizoSocial Christian PartyConservative Party447,67214.72
Frank Vargas PazzosEnrique AyalaAPRE [es]PSE384,18912.63
Jamil MahuadJuan José PonsPopular Democracy351,78711.57
Ángel Duarte ValverdeTeresa MinucheConcentration of People's Forces239,0567.86
Jaime HurtadoEfraín ÀlvarezFADIMPD152,9705.03
Carlos Julio EmanuelPedro ArtetaAlfarista Radical Front102,7083.38
Miguel Ángel AlbornozRoberto GoldbaumEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party48,9701.61
Guillermo SotomayorLeonardo Droira CanelosRepublican Party [es]33,7341.11
Total3,040,977100.003,149,146100.00
Valid votes3,040,97783.713,149,14687.17
Invalid/blank votes591,86516.29463,48912.83
Total votes3,632,842100.003,612,635100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,679,68477.634,649,68477.70
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

PartyNationwideDistrictTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Left601,40921.763635,59022.702831+7
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party449,65316.272456,52416.3168+5
Social Christian Party310,95011.251347,44612.4178–1
Popular Democracy294,36210.651304,29410.8778+3
Concentration of People's Forces194,7237.051226,1728.0845–2
Conservative Party193,5337.00155,9862.0001–1
Broad Front of the Left189,9836.88166,8932.39120
Alfarista Radical Front147,0715.321110,1683.9412–4
Socialist Party137,8534.991120,4584.3034+3
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party97,4053.52076,3802.7311–3
Democratic Party [es]69,7632.52055,7831.9900–3
People, Change, Democracy [es]35,2101.27032,5771.16000
People's Party22,7880.82011,8290.4200New
Republican Party [es]18,6710.68015,3540.5500New
Democratic People's Movement163,5625.8422–1
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action [es]120,4454.30000
Total2,763,374100.00122,799,461100.006072+2
Valid votes2,763,37476.722,799,46177.53
Invalid/blank votes838,59823.28811,12022.47
Total votes3,601,972100.003,610,581100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,649,68477.474,649,68477.65
Source: Nohlen, Córdova

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p402
  3. ^ Nohlen, p395