1998 Ecuadorian general election
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Ecuador portal |
General elections were held in Ecuador on 31 May 1998, with a second round of the presidential elections on 12 July.[1] The result was a victory for Jamil Mahuad of the Popular Democracy (DP) party, who won the run-off with 51.2% of the vote.[2] The DP alliance also emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 32 of the 120 seats.[3]
Background
Following the
Fabian Alarcon
thereupon took his place as caretaker Head of State.
Contestants
The leading contestants of the six (including two women) vying for the presidency were Jamil Mahuad (DP), the mayor of
El Niño
and the worldwide drop in oil prices, Ecuador's main export earner. Mahuad advocated an intense program of private investment to achieve a 5% annual growth rate, privatizations, job creation and housing construction.
Results
President
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Jamil Mahuad | Popular Democracy | 1,342,114 | 34.92 | 2,243,000 | 51.17 | |
Álvaro Noboa | Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 1,022,667 | 26.61 | 2,140,481 | 48.83 | |
Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | Democratic Left | 619,581 | 16.12 | |||
Freddy Ehlers | Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country | 566,917 | 14.75 | |||
Rosalía Arteaga | Independent Movement for an Authentic Republic | 195,000 | 5.07 | |||
Maria Eugenia Lima | Democratic People's Movement | 97,522 | 2.54 | |||
Total | 3,843,801 | 100.00 | 4,383,481 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,843,801 | 84.71 | 4,383,481 | 88.38 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 694,021 | 15.29 | 576,594 | 11.62 | ||
Total votes | 4,537,822 | 100.00 | 4,960,075 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,072,496 | 64.16 | 7,072,496 | 70.13 | ||
Source: Nohlen |
National Congress
Party | First round | Second round | Seats | +/– | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Social Christian Party | 839,567 | 23.80 | 5,114,369 | 23.49 | 28 | +1 | |
Popular Democracy | 669,473 | 18.98 | 6,008,940 | 27.60 | 35 | +24 | |
Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 628,265 | 17.81 | 4,429,114 | 20.34 | 22 | +3 | |
Democratic Left | 544,088 | 15.42 | 3,006,737 | 13.81 | 17 | +13 | |
MUPP–PSFA | 325,365 | 9.22 | 127,891 | 0.59 | 8 | – | |
Conservative Party | 184,048 | 5.22 | 3 | +2 | |||
Democratic People's Movement | 151,096 | 4.28 | 980,253 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | |
Alfarista Radical Front | 54,137 | 1.53 | 559,548 | 2.57 | 2 | – | |
National Alfarismo Party | 51,515 | 1.46 | 0 | – | |||
Concentration of People's Forces | 37,507 | 1.06 | 241,002 | 1.11 | 1 | 0 | |
Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action | 28,837 | 0.82 | 180,399 | 0.83 | 0 | –2 | |
Latin American People's Union | 14,043 | 0.40 | 145,410 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | |
Other parties and independents | 980,253 | 4.50 | 3 | – | |||
Total | 3,527,941 | 100.00 | 21,773,916 | 100.00 | 121 | +39 | |
Valid votes | 3,527,941 | 77.75 | 2,525,491 | 72.60 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,009,881 | 22.25 | 953,033 | 27.40 | |||
Total votes | 4,537,822 | 100.00 | 3,478,524 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,072,496 | 64.16 | 7,072,496 | 49.18 | |||
Source: Nohlen, OPLAL |
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Nohlen, p404
- ^ Nohlen, p396