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Ecuador (Presidential)
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ELECTION TYPE |
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| Republic of Ecuador |
Presidential |
First Round: May 31, 1998
Second Round: July 12, 1998 |
At stake
in this election:
- The office of the president of Ecuador
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Description
of government structure:
- The president is directly elected for a
four-year term.
- A second round is necessary if no single
candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: Jamil MAHUAD
Party: Popular Democracy (PD)
Valid Votes Received in Second Round: 2,243,000
Percent of Valid Votes Received in Second Round: 51.16%
Valid Votes Received in First Round: 1,341,089
Percent of Valid Votes Received in First Round: 34.92%
- Presidential
Candidate: Alvaro NOBOA
Party: Roldosist Party of Ecuador (PRE)
Valid Votes Received in Second Round: 2,140,481
Percent of Valid Votes Received in Second Round: 48.83%
Valid Votes Received in First Round: 1,022,026
Percent of Valid Votes Received in First Round: 26.61%
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Party: Democratic Left (ID)
Valid Votes Received in First Round: 618,608
Percent of Valid Votes Received in First Round: 16.10%
Eliminated after First Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Freddy EHLERS
Party: Pachakutik-New Country Coalition (P-NP)
Valid Votes Received in First Round: 566,132
Percent of Valid Votes Received in First Round: 14.74%
Eliminated after First Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Rosalía ARTEAGA Serrano
Party: National Alliance (AN)
Valid Votes Received in First Round: 194,783
Percent of Valid Votes Received in First Round: 5.07%
Eliminated after First Round
- Presidential
Candidate: María EUGENIA Lima
Party: Popular Democratic Movement (MPD)
Valid Votes Received in First Round: 97,321
Percent of Valid Votes Received in First Round: 2.53%
Eliminated after First Round
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Last presidential election held: May 19
and July 7 1996
- In this election, Abdalá BUCARAM Ortiz
received 54.47% of the vote and thus defeated Jaime NEBOT Saadi, his closest competitor
with 45.53% of the vote.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 12,105,124 (July 1997
estimate)
- Number of registered voters: 7,072,496
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Of Interest:
- In February 1997 Ecuador's National
Congress declared elected President BUCARAM "mentally incompetent" and removed
him from office. Congress elected Fabian ALARCON Rivera as interim president until
August 1998. These events account for why the election for president was held in
1998 rather than 2000, when the term was scheduled to end.
- The Social Christian Party (PSC), which
holds a plurality of seats in the National Congress, did not present a candidate in the
May 1998 election for president.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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