1996 Ecuadorian general election

1996 Ecuadorian general election
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	Presidential election
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President before election; Sixto Durán Ballén; Union Republican Party	Elected President ; Abdalá Bucaram; PRE

General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 May 1996, with a second round of the presidential elections on 7 July.^[1] Although Jaime Nebot of the Social Christian Party received the most votes in the first round, Abdalá Bucaram of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party won the run-off with 54.5% of the vote.^[2] The Social Christian Party remained the largest in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 27 of the 82 seats.^[3]

Until the 2013 vote, this was the last election held after the natural expiration of a four-year presidential term. This due to a decade of political and economical instability that Ecuador experienced after Bucaram was impeached by the Congress in early 1997 and that lasted until Rafael Correa's inauguration in early 2007.^[4]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p404
^ Nohlen, p1996
^ "Los 7 años de Correa en Ecuador: estabilidad en medio de éxitos y críticas" January 17, 2014. La República

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p404

[3] Nohlen, p1996

[LaRepública-4] "Los 7 años de Correa en Ecuador: estabilidad en medio de éxitos y críticas" January 17, 2014. La República

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