| |
|
Ecuador 1979 Presidential
Election
|
Date of Election
|
July 16, 1978 (First Round)
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
5
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes #
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| Jaime
Roldos Aguilera (CFP - Concentration of Popular Forces) |
381
215
|
-
|
| Sixto
Duran Ballén (FNC - National Constitutional Front) |
328
461
|
-
|
| Raúl
Clemente Huerta Rendón (PLR - Radical Liberal Party) |
311
893
|
-
|
|
Date of Election
|
April
29, 1979 (Second Round)
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Majority
|
| Length
of Term |
5
years
|
|
|
Number
of Votes #
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Jaime
Roldos Aguilera (CFP - Concentration of Popular Forces) |
1
025 148
|
68.5%
|
| Sixto
Duran Ballén (FNC - National Constitutional Front) |
471
657
|
31.5%
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1980, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1980.
# Source: Keesing's Contemporary Archives Vol XXV (1979): 29729.
| Population
Size |
7
893 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
2
088 874
|
|
Total Votes
|
1
681 286
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
80.5%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
12.3%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Ecuador. [Internet]. International IDEA. 14 March 2002.
|
