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Ecuadorian general election, 1988
Map of results of the second round by
provinces .
General elections were held in Ecuador on 31 January 1988, with a second round of the presidential elections on 8 May.[ 1] Rodrigo Borja Cevallos of the Democratic Left won the presidential elections, receiving 54% of the vote in the second round,[ 2] whilst the Democratic Left remained the largest faction in the National Congress, winning 31 of the 72 seats.[ 3]
Results
President
Candidate
Party
First round
Second round
Votes
%
Votes
%
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
Democratic Left
1,381,709
24.5
1,700,648
54.0
Abdalá Bucaram
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party
535,482
17.6
1,448,498
46.0
Sixto Durán Ballén
Social Christian Party –Conservative Party
447,672
14.7
Frank Vargas Pazzos
APRE –PSE
384,189
12.6
Jamil Mahuad
People's Democracy
351,787
11.6
Ángel Duarte
Concentration of People's Forces
239,056
7.9
Jaime Hurtado
FADI –MPD
152,970
5.0
Carlos Julio Emanuel
Alfarista Radical Front
102,708
3.4
Miguel Ángel Albornoz
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
48,970
1.6
Guillermo Sotomayor
Republican National Coalition
33,734
1.1
Invalid/blank votes
591,865
–
463,489
–
Total
3,632,842
100
3,612,635
100
Registered voters/turnout
4,679,684
77.6
4,649,684
77.7
Source: Nohlen
National Congress
Party
Nationwide
District
Total seats
+/–
Votes
%
Seats
Votes
%
Seats
Democratic Left
601,409
21.8
3
635,590
22.7
28
31
+7
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party
449,653
16.3
2
456,524
16.3
6
8
+5
Social Christian Party
310,950
11.3
1
347,446
12.4
7
8
–1
Popular Democracy
294,362
10.6
1
304,294
10.9
7
8
+3
Concentration of People's Forces
194,723
7.0
1
226,172
8.1
4
5
–2
Conservative Party
193,533
7.0
1
55,986
2.0
0
1
–1
Broad Front of the Left
189,983
6.9
1
66,893
2.4
1
2
0
Alfarista Radical Front
147,071
5.3
1
110,168
3.9
1
2
–4
Socialist Party
137,853
5.0
1
120,458
4.3
3
4
+3
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
97,495
3.5
0
76,380
2.7
1
1
–3
Democratic Party
69,763
2.5
0
55,783
2.0
0
0
–3
People, Change, Democracy
35,210
1.3
0
32,577
1.2
0
0
0
People's Party
22,788
0.8
0
11,829
0.4
0
0
New
Republican Party
18,671
0.7
0
15,354
0.6
0
0
New
Democratic People's Movement
–
–
–
163,562
5.8
2
2
–1
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action
–
–
–
120,445
4.3
0
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
838,598
–
–
811,120
–
–
–
–
Total
3,601,990
100
12
3,610,581
100
60
72
+3
Registered voters/turnout
4,649,684
77.5
–
4,649,684
77.7
–
–
–
Source: Nohlen
References