1984 Ecuadorian general election

1984 Ecuadorian general election

29 January 1984 (first round) 6 May 1984 (second round)

Nominee León Febres Cordero Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Party PSC ID Running mate Blasco Peñaherrera Aquiles Rigail Popular vote 1,381,709 1,299,089 Percentage 51.54% 48.46%

Map of results of the second round by provinces.

President before election Osvaldo Hurtado Democracia Popular Elected President León Febres Cordero PSC

General elections were held in Ecuador on 29 January 1984, with a second round of the presidential elections on 6 May. 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. The Democratic Left emerged as the largest faction in the National Congress, winning 24 of the 69 seats.

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
Ángel 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 Maugé	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

National Congress

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
Popular Democracy	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