1988 Ecuadorian general election

1988 Ecuadorian general election
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Presidential 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 [es]
Popular vote 1,700,648 1,448,498
Percentage 54.0% 46.0%
Second round results by province
President before election

León Febres Cordero
PSC

Elected President

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
ID

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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]

  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