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1984 Ecuadorian general election

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1984 Ecuadorian general election

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6 May 1984 (second round)
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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.[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]

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rodrigo Borja CevallosDemocratic Left634,32728.731,299,08948.46
León Febres CorderoSocial Christian Party600,56327.201,381,70951.54
Ángel DuarteConcentration of People's Forces298,39713.52
Jaime HurtadoDemocratic People's Movement161,8107.33
Jaime AspiazuAlfarista Radical Front149,7336.78
Francisco HuertaDemocratic Party146,6466.64
Julio César TrujilloPopular Democracy103,7904.70
René MaugéBroad Front of the Left94,0704.26
Manuel SalgadoSocialist Party18,2830.83
Total2,207,619100.002,680,798100.00
Valid votes2,207,61983.412,680,79890.44
Invalid/blank votes439,22516.59283,5009.56
Total votes2,646,844100.002,964,298100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,734,07670.883,794,14978.13
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

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PartyNationwideDistrictTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Left394,21219.453410,91419.982124+9
Social Christian Party361,75517.852235,11711.4379+6
Democratic Party185,3769.151164,8358.0223New
Concentration of People's Forces176,2518.701184,5068.9767–22
Alfarista Radical Front161,6437.981180,8968.8056New
Popular Democracy130,1736.421150,3927.3145New
Democratic People's Movement123,3336.091134,0366.5223+1
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party104,8485.171103,8275.0523New
Broad Front of the Left88,6604.371105,4015.1312New
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party75,4893.720122,4855.96440
Conservative Party56,7852.80075,5233.6722–8
People, Change, Democracy49,6452.45055,4572.7000New
Revolutionary Nationalist Party37,0301.83046,0812.2400–1
Socialist Party32,0481.58036,0841.7511New
Republican National Coalition25,7181.27027,8691.3611New
National Velasquista Federation14,9380.74018,2810.8900–1
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action8,7100.4304,5080.22000
Total2,026,614100.00122,056,212100.005870+1
Valid votes2,026,61476.862,056,21277.30
Invalid/blank votes610,04223.14603,67222.70
Total votes2,636,656100.002,659,884100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,734,07670.613,734,07671.23
Source: Nohlen

References

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