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Parliamentary elections were held in Ecuador on 1 June 1994. [1] Only the district members of the House of Representatives were elected. [2] The Social Christian Party emerged as the largest party, winning 23 of the 65 seats up for election. [3]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Social Christian Party | 810,846 | 26.36 | 23 | |
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 516,268 | 16.78 | 10 | |
Democratic Left | 306,272 | 9.96 | 6 | |
Democratic People's Movement | 253,760 | 8.25 | 7 | |
Popular Democracy | 253,122 | 8.23 | 5 | |
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action | 183,383 | 5.96 | 2 | |
Conservative Party | 172,725 | 5.61 | 6 | |
Alfarista Radical Front | 144,508 | 4.70 | 1 | |
Republican Union Party | 120,096 | 3.90 | 1 | |
Socialist Party | 98,248 | 3.19 | 0 | |
Concentration of People's Forces | 67,433 | 2.19 | 2 | |
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 61,412 | 2.00 | 1 | |
UDP–FADI | 30,103 | 0.98 | 0 | |
National Liberation | 27,174 | 0.88 | 1 | |
Latin American People's Union | 17,445 | 0.57 | 0 | |
People, Change, Democracy | 11,044 | 0.36 | 0 | |
Assad Bucaram Party | 2,523 | 0.08 | 0 | |
Total | 3,076,362 | 100.00 | 65 | |
Valid votes | 3,076,362 | 76.06 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 968,071 | 23.94 | ||
Total votes | 4,044,433 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,175,991 | 65.49 | ||
Source: Nohlen, Hoy |
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