Ecuadorian general election, 1996

Ecuadorian general election, 1996
	Map of results of the second round by provinces.
President before election; Sixto Durán Ballén ; PUR	Elected President; Abdalá Bucaram ; PRE

Last updated March 26, 2019

General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 May 1996, with a second round of the presidential elections on 7 July.^[1] Although Jaime Nebot of the Social Christian Party received the most votes in the first round, Abdalá Bucaram of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party won the run-off with 54.5% of the vote.^[2] The Social Christian Party remained the largest in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 27 of the 82 seats.^[3]

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Jaime José Nebot Saadi is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. He currently serves as mayor of Guayaquil, which is Ecuador's largest city. He is affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Madera de Guerrero Civic Movement. Nebot ran twice for president of Ecuador, in 1996 losing against Sixto Duran-Ballén, and in 1996 losing against Abdalá Bucaram.

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Until the 2013 vote, this was the last election held after the natural expiration of a four-year presidential term. This due to a decade of political and economical instability that Ecuador experienced after Bucaram was impeached by the Congress in early 1997 and that lasted until Rafael Correa's inauguration in early 2007.^[4]

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Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Jaime Nebot	Social Christian Party	1,035,101	27.2	1,910,651	45.5
Abdalá Bucaram	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party	1,001,071	26.3	2,285,397	54.5
Freddy Ehlers	Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country	785,124	20.6
Rodrigo Paz	Popular Democracy	513,464	13.5
Frank Vargas Pazzos	Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action	187,935	4.9
Ricardo Noboa	FRA–PLRE	115,033	3.0
Fausto Moreno	Democratic People's Movement	89,472	2.3
José Gallardo	Civic Independent Union	46,464	1.2
Jacinto Velásquez	Independent	36,080	0.9
Invalid/blank votes		716,137	–	581,478	–
Total		4,525,881	100	4,777,526	100
Registered voters/turnout		6,662,003	67.9	6,662,003	71.7
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

Party	Nationwide		District		Seats	+/–
Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Christian Party	1,069,977	30.4	983,850	27.9	27	+1
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party	718,983	20.4	752,276	21.3	19	+8
Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country	379,056	10.8	251,488	7.1	8	New
Popular Democracy	370,311	10.5	418,381	11.9	11	+7
FRA–PLRE	243,411	6.9	148,014	4.2	2	–1
Democratic Left	219,536	6.2	251,505	7.1	4	–4
Democratic People's Movement	153,714	4.4	150,176	4.3	2	–6
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action	105,902	3.0	123,732	3.5	2	0
Concentration of People's Forces	80,245	2.3	68,070	1.9	1	0
PC–UN	72,434	2.1	79,794	2.3	1	–5
Socialist Party–Broad Front	43,621	1.2	46,462	1.3	5	–
Latin American People's Union	28,988	0.8	17,612	0.5
National Alfarismo Party	22,987	0.7	30,080	0.9
ITI	14,771	0.4	3,016	0.0
Alfarista Radical Front	–	–	9,485	0.3
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party	–	–	5,467	0.2
ID–PSFA	–	–	3,501	0.0
Civic Independent Union	–	–	1,965	0.0
Other parties	–	–	183,56	5.2
Invalid/blank votes	997,237	–	988,067	–	–	–
Total	4,521,207	100	4,516,197	100	82	+5
Registered voters/turnout	6,662,003	67.9	6,662,003	67.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen

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References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p404
↑ Nohlen, p1996
↑ "Los 7 años de Correa en Ecuador: estabilidad en medio de éxitos y críticas" January 17, 2014. La República

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[N1-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p404

[3] Nohlen, p1996

[LaRepública-4] "Los 7 años de Correa en Ecuador: estabilidad en medio de éxitos y críticas" January 17, 2014. La República

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