1984 Ecuadorian general election|
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Map of results of the second round by provinces. |
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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 National Congress, winning 24 of the 69 seats.[3]
Results
President
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % |
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| Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | Democratic Left | 634,327 | 28.73 | 1,299,089 | 48.46 |
| León Febres Cordero | Social Christian Party | 600,563 | 27.20 | 1,381,709 | 51.54 |
| Ángel Duarte Valverde | Concentration of People's Forces | 298,397 | 13.52 | |
| Jaime Hurtado | Democratic People's Movement | 161,810 | 7.33 | |
| Jaime Aspiazu | Alfarista Radical Front | 149,733 | 6.78 | |
| Francisco Huerta | Democratic Party | 146,646 | 6.64 | |
| Julio César Trujillo | Popular Democracy | 103,790 | 4.70 | |
| René Maugé | Broad Front of the Left | 94,070 | 4.26 | |
| Manuel Salgado | Socialist Party | 18,283 | 0.83 | |
| Total | 2,207,619 | 100.00 | 2,680,798 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 2,207,619 | 83.41 | 2,680,798 | 90.44 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 439,225 | 16.59 | 283,500 | 9.56 |
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| Total votes | 2,646,844 | 100.00 | 2,964,298 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 3,734,076 | 70.88 | 3,794,149 | 78.13 |
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| Source: Nohlen |
National Congress
| Party | Nationwide | District | Total
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Democratic Left | 394,212 | 19.45 | 3 | 410,914 | 19.98 | 21 | 24 | +9 |
| Social Christian Party | 361,755 | 17.85 | 2 | 235,117 | 11.43 | 7 | 9 | +6 |
| Democratic Party | 185,376 | 9.15 | 1 | 164,835 | 8.02 | 2 | 3 | New |
| Concentration of People's Forces | 176,251 | 8.70 | 1 | 184,506 | 8.97 | 6 | 7 | –22 |
| Alfarista Radical Front | 161,643 | 7.98 | 1 | 180,896 | 8.80 | 5 | 6 | New |
| Popular Democracy | 130,173 | 6.42 | 1 | 150,392 | 7.31 | 4 | 5 | New |
| Democratic People's Movement | 123,333 | 6.09 | 1 | 134,036 | 6.52 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 104,848 | 5.17 | 1 | 103,827 | 5.05 | 2 | 3 | New |
| Broad Front of the Left | 88,660 | 4.37 | 1 | 105,401 | 5.13 | 1 | 2 | New |
| Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 75,489 | 3.72 | 0 | 122,485 | 5.96 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Conservative Party | 56,785 | 2.80 | 0 | 75,523 | 3.67 | 2 | 2 | –8 |
| People, Change, Democracy | 49,645 | 2.45 | 0 | 55,457 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 37,030 | 1.83 | 0 | 46,081 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Socialist Party | 32,048 | 1.58 | 0 | 36,084 | 1.75 | 1 | 1 | New |
| Republican National Coalition | 25,718 | 1.27 | 0 | 27,869 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | New |
| National Velasquista Federation | 14,938 | 0.74 | 0 | 18,281 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action | 8,710 | 0.43 | 0 | 4,508 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2,026,614 | 100.00 | 12 | 2,056,212 | 100.00 | 58 | 70 | +1 |
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| Valid votes | 2,026,614 | 76.86 | | 2,056,212 | 77.30 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 610,042 | 23.14 | | 603,672 | 22.70 | | |
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| Total votes | 2,636,656 | 100.00 | | 2,659,884 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 3,734,076 | 70.61 | | 3,734,076 | 71.23 | | |
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| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p402
- ^ Nohlen, p395