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 Cevallos	Democratic Left	744,409	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

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