Ecuadorian general election, 1988

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Ecuadorian general election, 1988

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  1984 31 January 1988 (first round)
8 May 1988 (second round)
1992  

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Nominee Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Abdalá Bucaram
Party ID PRE
Running mate Luis Parodi ValverdeHugo Caicedo Andino
Popular vote 1,700,648 1,448,498
Percentage 54.0% 46.0%

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Map of results of the second round by provinces.

President before election

León Febres Cordero
PSC

Elected President

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
ID

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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]

Ecuador Republic in South America

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito and the largest city as well.

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos President of Ecuador

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos was President of Ecuador from August 10, 1988 to August 10, 1992.

Democratic Left (Ecuador) Ecuadorian politican party

The Democratic Left is a social-democratic political party in Ecuador. It is a member of the Socialist International. At the legislative elections, held on 20 October 2002, the party won at least 13 out of 100 seats. Its candidate Rodrigo Borja, who was president of Ecuador from 1988 to 1992, won 14.4% of the vote in the presidential elections of the same day. For the October 2006 elections, it has entered into an alliance with the Ethics and Democracy Network, to support the ticket formed by former Vice-President León Roldós, and Ramiro González, former Prefect of the Pichincha Canton. The party won 13 seats in Congress again, while its presidential ticket came in fourth place.

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Results

President

Candidate PartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Democratic Left 1,381,70924.51,700,64854.0
Abdalá Bucaram Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 535,48217.61,448,49846.0
Sixto Durán Ballén Social Christian PartyConservative Party 447,67214.7
Frank Vargas Pazzos APREPSE 384,18912.6
Jamil Mahuad People's Democracy 351,78711.6
Ángel Duarte Concentration of People's Forces 239,0567.9
Jaime Hurtado FADIMPD 152,9705.0
Carlos Julio Emanuel Alfarista Radical Front 102,7083.4
Miguel Ángel Albornoz Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 48,9701.6
Guillermo Sotomayor Republican National Coalition 33,7341.1
Invalid/blank votes591,865463,489
Total3,632,8421003,612,635100
Registered voters/turnout4,679,68477.64,649,68477.7
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

PartyNationwideDistrictTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Left 601,40921.83635,59022.72831+7
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 449,65316.32456,52416.368+5
Social Christian Party 310,95011.31347,44612.478–1
Popular Democracy 294,36210.61304,29410.978+3
Concentration of People's Forces 194,7237.01226,1728.145–2
Conservative Party 193,5337.0155,9862.001–1
Broad Front of the Left 189,9836.9166,8932.4120
Alfarista Radical Front 147,0715.31110,1683.912–4
Socialist Party 137,8535.01120,4584.334+3
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 97,4953.5076,3802.711–3
Democratic Party 69,7632.5055,7832.000–3
People, Change, Democracy 35,2101.3032,5771.2000
People's Party22,7880.8011,8290.400New
Republican Party18,6710.7015,3540.600New
Democratic People's Movement 163,5625.822–1
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action 120,4454.3000
Invalid/blank votes838,598811,120
Total3,601,990100123,610,5811006072+3
Registered voters/turnout4,649,68477.54,649,68477.7
Source: Nohlen

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References

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