1988 Ecuadorian general election

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]

1988 Ecuadorian general election

31 January 1988 (first round)
8 May 1988 (second round)
 
Nominee Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Abdalá Bucaram
Party ID PRE
Running mate Luis Parodi Valverde Hugo Caicedo Andino
Popular vote 1,700,648 1,448,498
Percentage 54.0% 46.0%

Map of results of the second round by provinces.

President before election

León Febres Cordero
PSC

Elected President

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
ID

Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left744,40924.51,700,64854.0
Abdalá BucaramEcuadorian Roldosist Party535,48217.61,448,49846.0
Sixto Durán BallénSocial Christian PartyConservative Party447,67214.7
Frank Vargas PazzosAPREPSE384,18912.6
Jamil MahuadPeople's Democracy351,78711.6
Ángel DuarteConcentration of People's Forces239,0567.9
Jaime HurtadoFADIMPD152,9705.0
Carlos Julio EmanuelAlfarista Radical Front102,7083.4
Miguel Ángel AlbornozEcuadorian Radical Liberal Party48,9701.6
Guillermo SotomayorRepublican National Coalition33,7341.1
Invalid/blank votes591,865463,489
Total3,632,8421003,612,635100
Registered voters/turnout4,679,68477.64,649,68477.7
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

Party Nationwide District Total
seats
+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Democratic Left601,40921.83635,59022.72831+7
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party449,65316.32456,52416.368+5
Social Christian Party310,95011.31347,44612.478–1
Popular Democracy294,36210.61304,29410.978+3
Concentration of People's Forces194,7237.01226,1728.145–2
Conservative Party193,5337.0155,9862.001–1
Broad Front of the Left189,9836.9166,8932.4120
Alfarista Radical Front147,0715.31110,1683.912–4
Socialist Party137,8535.01120,4584.334+3
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party97,4953.5076,3802.711–3
Democratic Party69,7632.5055,7832.000–3
People, Change, Democracy35,2101.3032,5771.2000
People's Party22,7880.8011,8290.400New
Republican Party18,6710.7015,3540.600New
Democratic People's Movement163,5625.822–1
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action120,4454.3000
Invalid/blank votes838,598811,120
Total3,601,990100123,610,5811006072+3
Registered voters/turnout4,649,68477.54,649,68477.7
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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