1984 Ecuadorian general election

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]

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
DP

Elected President

León Febres Cordero
PSC

Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left634,32728.71,299,08948.5
León Febres CorderoSocial Christian Party600,56327.21,381,70951.5
Ángel DuarteConcentration of People's Forces298,39713.5
Jaime HurtadoDemocratic People's Movement161,8107.3
Jaime AspiazuAlfarista Radical Front149,7336.8
Francisco HuertaDemocratic Party146,6466.6
Julio César TrujilloPeople's Democracy103,7904.7
René MaugéBroad Front of the Left65,1874.7
Manuel SalgadoSocialist Party18,2830.8
Invalid/blank votes439,225283,500
Total2,646,8441002,964,298100
Registered voters/turnout3,734,07670.93,794,14978.1
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

Party Nationwide District Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Democratic Left394,21219.53410,91420.02124+9
Social Christian Party361,75517.92235,11711.579+6
Democratic Party185,3769.11164,8358.023New
Concentration of People's Forces176,2518.71184,5069.067–22
Alfarista Radical Front161,6438.01180,8968.856New
Popular Democracy130,1736.41150,3927.345New
Democratic People's Movement123,3336.11134,0366.523+1
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party104,8485.21103,8275.123New
Broad Front of the Left88,6604.41105,4015.112New
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party75,4893.70122,4856.0440
Conservative Party56,7852.8075,5233.522–8
People, Change, Democracy49,6452.4055,4572.700New
Revolutionary Nationalist Party37,0301.8046,0812.200–1
Socialist Party32,0481.6036,0841.811New
Republican National Coalition25,7181.3027,8691.411New
Velasquista National Federation14,9380.7018,2810.900–1
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action8,7100.404,5080.2000
Invalid/blank votes610,042603,672
Total2,636,656100122,656,88410057690
Registered voters/turnout3,734,07670.63,734,07671.2
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p402
  3. Nohlen, p395
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