Ecuadorian general election, 1984
Ecuadorian general election, 1984
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General elections were held in Ecuador on 29 January 1984, with a second round of the presidential elections on 6 May.[1] After finishing second in the first round, León Febres Cordero of the Social Christian Party won the run-off with 51.5% of the vote.[2] The Democratic Left emerged as the largest faction in the House of Representatives, winning 24 of the 69 seats.[3]
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
|---|
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | Democratic Left | 634,327 | 28.7 | 1,299,089 | 48.5 |
| León Febres Cordero | Social Christian Party | 600,563 | 27.2 | 1,381,709 | 51.5 |
| Angel Duarte | Concentration of People's Forces | 298,397 | 13.5 | |
| Jaime Hurtado | Democratic People's Movement | 161,810 | 7.3 |
| Jaime Aspiazu | Alfarista Radical Front | 149,733 | 6.8 |
| Francisco Huerta | Democratic Party | 146,646 | 6.6 |
| Julio César Trujillo | People's Democracy | 103,790 | 4.7 |
| René Mauge | Broad Front of the Left | 65,187 | 4.7 |
| Manuel Salgado | Socialist Party | 18,283 | 0.8 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 439,225 | – | 283,500 | – |
| Total | 2,646,844 | 100 | 2,964,298 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,734,076 | 70.9 | 3,794,149 | 78.1 |
| Source: Nohlen |
House of Representatives
| Party |
Nationwide |
District |
Total
seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Votes |
% |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Democratic Left | 394,212 | 19.5 | 3 | 410,914 | 20.0 | 21 | 24 | +9 |
| Social Christian Party | 361,755 | 17.9 | 2 | 235,117 | 11.5 | 7 | 9 | +6 |
| Democratic Party | 185,376 | 9.1 | 1 | 164,835 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | New |
| Concentration of People's Forces | 176,251 | 8.7 | 1 | 184,506 | 9.0 | 6 | 7 | –22 |
| Alfarista Radical Front | 161,643 | 8.0 | 1 | 180,896 | 8.8 | 5 | 6 | New |
| DP–UDC | 130,173 | 6.4 | 1 | 150,392 | 7.3 | 4 | 5 | New |
| Democratic People's Movement | 123,333 | 6.1 | 1 | 134,036 | 6.5 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 104,848 | 5.2 | 1 | 103,827 | 5.1 | 2 | 3 | New |
| Broad Front of the Left | 88,660 | 4.4 | 1 | 105,401 | 5.1 | 1 | 2 | New |
| Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 75,489 | 3.7 | 0 | 122,485 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Conservative Party | 56,785 | 2.8 | 0 | 75,523 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | –8 |
| People, Change, Democracy | 49,645 | 2.4 | 0 | 55,457 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 37,030 | 1.8 | 0 | 46,081 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Socialist Party | 32,048 | 1.6 | 0 | 36,084 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 | New |
| Republican National Coalition | 25,718 | 1.3 | 0 | 27,869 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | New |
| Velasquista National Federation | 14,938 | 0.7 | 0 | 18,281 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action | 8,710 | 0.4 | 0 | 4,508 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 610,042 | – | – | 603,672 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,636,656 | 100 | 12 | 2,656,884 | 100 | 57 | 69 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,734,076 | 70.6 | – | 3,734,076 | 71.2 | – | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p402
- ↑ Nohlen, p395
