1968 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 2 June 1968.^[1] The presidential election was won by José María Velasco Ibarra of the Velasquista National Federation, who received 32.8% of the vote.^[2] He started his fifth and last term in office on 1 September.^[3]

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
José María Velasco Ibarra	Velasquista National Federation	280,370	32.8
Andrés Córdova	Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party	264,312	31.0
Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Social Christian Party	259,833	30.4
Jorge Crespo	Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action	31,991	3.7
Elías Gallegos	People's Democratic Union	17,040	2.0
Invalid/blank votes		75,435	–
Total		928,981	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,198,874	77.5
Source: Nohlen

^ Institute for the Comparative. "Ecuador election factbook, June 2, 1968". Open Library. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p401 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe, p300

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