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Ecuadorian general election, 19781979

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General elections were held in Ecuador in 1978

and 1979.[1] The first round of the presidential Ecuadorian general election, 1984
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 Rolds Aguilera of the 16 July 1978 (first round)
Concentration of People's Forces (CPF), who 29 April 1979 (second round)
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]

Contents
1 Results
1.1 President Nominee Jaime Rolds Sixto Durn Balln
1.2 National Congress Party CFP PSC
2 List of elected Representatives
Running mate Osvaldo Hurtado Jos Icaza
3 References
Popular vote 1,025,148 471,657
Percentage 68.49% 31.51%
Results
President

Map of results of the second round by provinces.

President before election Elected President

Alfredo Poveda Jaime Rolds

Nonpartisan CFP

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First round Second round

Candidate Party
Votes % Votes %

Jaime Rolds Aguilera Concentration of People's Forces 381,215 27.7 1,025,148 68.5

Sixto Durn Balln Social Christian Party 328,461 23.9 471,657 31.5

Ral Clemente Huerta Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 311,983 22.7

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Democratic Left 165,258 12.0

Abdn Caldern Alfarista Radical Front 124,347 9.0

Ren Maug Broad Front of the Left 65,187 4.7

Invalid/blank votes 199,915 184,481

Total 1,576,366 100 1,681,286 100

Registered voters/turnout 2,088,874 75.46 2,088,874 80.5

Source: Nohlen

National Congress

Nationwide District Total

Party
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats seats

Concentration of People's Forces 445,229 30.9 4 454,910 31.7 25 29

Democratic Left 265,068 18.4 2 212,091 14.8 13 15

Social Christian Party 123,411 8.6 1 91,384 6.4 2 3

Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 115,110 8.0 1 138,456 9.7 3 4

Conservative Party 112,909 7.8 1 126,942 8.9 9 10

Revolutionary Nationalist Party 108,437 7.4 1 65,150 4.5 1 2

Democratic Institutionalist Coalition 90,277 6.3 1 85,835 6.0 2 3

Democratic People's Movement 68,892 4.8 1 70,590 4.9 0 1

People's Democratic Union 44,810 3.1 0 64,249 4.5 1 1

Velasquista National Federation 37,740 2.6 0 42,840 3.0 1 1

Socialist Party of Revolutionary People's Action 26,849 1.9 0 37,596 2.6 0 0

Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action 43,483 3.0 0 0

Invalid/blank votes 236,373 245,398

Total 1,675,195 100 12 1,678,924 100 57 69

Registered voters/turnout 2,088,874 80.2 2,088,874 80.4

Source: Nohlen, IPU (http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/ECUADOR_1979_E.PDF)

List of elected Representatives

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Name Party Constituency

Alejandro Carrin Prez ID Pichincha

Antonio Arnulfo Andrade Fajardo CFP Los Ros

Arnaldo Merino Muoz ID Chimborazo

Arqumides Valdez Carceln CFP National

Arturo Crdova Malo ID Guayas

Assad Bucaram CFP National

Augusto Cid Abad Prado ID Morona Santiago

Aurelio Carrera del Ro PNR Guayas

Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy PNR National

Csar Gustavo Valdivieso Egas CFP Zamora Chinchipe

Edgar Orbea Rubio CFP Cotopaxi

Edgar Vicente Garrido Jaramillo CFP Loja

Eduardo Rivas Ayora CFP Caar

Eudoro Bienvenido Loor Rivadeneira PLRE Manab

Ezequiel Clavijo Martnez PCE Caar

Fausto Vallejo Escobar CFP Chimborazo

Francisco Lenidas Daza Palacios CFP Manab

Gabriel Nicola Loor CFP Los Ros

Gabriel Olmedo Arroba Espinoza CFP Guayas

Galo Pico Mantilla PCE Tungurahua

Galo Vayas Salazar CFP Pichincha

Gil Barragn Romero CID Pichincha

Gilberto Francisco Plaza Chillambo CFP Esmeraldas

Gonzalo Gallegos ID Tungurahua

Gonzalo Gonzlez Real CFP Bolvar

Gualberto Sigifredo Ortiz PCE Bolvar

Harry Abdn lvarez Garca ID El Oro

Hctor Ricardo Bowen Cavagnaro FNV Manab

Heinz Rodolfo Moeller Freile CID Guayas

Jacinto Velzquez Herrera PSC Guayas

Jaime del Castillo PLRE Pichincha

Jaime Hurtado MPD National

Jorge Chiriboga Guerrero UDP Esmeraldas

Jorge Milton Fadul Suazo CFP El Oro

Jorge Zambrano Garca CFP Manab

Jos Enrique Ponce Luque PSC Los Ros

Jos Miguel Mosquera Murillo CFP National

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Name Party Constituency

Juan Manuel Real CFP Tungurahua

Juan Tama Mrquez CFP Azuay

Julio Arturo Piedra Armijos PCE Loja

Julio Ayala Serra CFP Guayas

Julio Csar Trujillo Vsquez CFP Pichincha

Len Febres Cordero PSC National

Leopoldo Severo Espinoza Valdivieso PCE Azuay

Luis Antonio Gavilnez Villagmez CFP Guayas

Luis Alfredo Meja Montesdeoca ID Imbabura

Luis Barrezueta Erazo ID Galpagos

Luis Muoz Herrera ID Imbabura

Manuel Crdova Galarza ID Pichincha

Marco Proao Maya CFP Imbabura

Maximiliano Rosero Snchez CFP Cotopaxi

Medardo Alfonso Mora Solrzano PLRE Manab

Nelson Flix Navarrete CFP Napo

Otto Arosemena CID National

Pablo Dvalos Dillon PCE Chimborazo

Pedro Carlos Falquez Batallas CFP El Oro

Po Oswaldo Cueva Puertas PCE Loja

Rafael Armijos Valdivieso PCE National

Rafael Mrquez Moreno CFP National

Ral Clemente Huerta Rendn PLRE National

Ral Baca Carbo ID National

Reinaldo Yanchapaxi Cando PCE Cotopaxi

Rodolfo Luis Baquerizo Nazur CFP Guayas

Rodrigo Edmundo Surez Morales PCE Carchi

Rodrigo Borja ID National

Segundo Eladio Salas Meza CFP Esmeraldas

Vilem Kubes Weingart ID Pastaza

Wilfrido Lucero Bolaos ID Carchi

Xavier Ledesma Ginatta ID Guayas

Source: Almanaque Ecuador total 1996[4]

References
1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-
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2. Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe, p300
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3. Nohlen, p395
4. Almanaque Ecuador Total 1996, Publimprent S.A.

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