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1978–79 Ecuadorian general election

Field	Value
country	Ecuador
previous_election	1968 Ecuadorian general election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1984 Ecuadorian general election
next_year	1984
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
election_date	16 July 1978 (first round)
29 April 1979 (second round)
registered	2,088,874
turnout	75.46% (first round)
80.49% (second round)
image1	Jaime Roldós Aguilera (cropped).png
nominee1	Jaime Roldós Aguilera
party1	Concentration of People's Forces
running_mate1	Osvaldo Hurtado
popular_vote1	1,025,148
percentage1	68.49%
image2	Sixto Durán Ballén 2011 (3x4 crop).jpg
nominee2	Sixto Durán Ballén
party2	Social Christian Party (Ecuador)
running_mate2	José Icaza
popular_vote2	471,657
percentage2	31.51%
map_image		map =
title	President
before_election	Alfredo Poveda
before_party	Nonpartisan candidate
after_election	Jaime Roldós Aguilera
after_party	Concentration of People's Forces

29 April 1979 (second round) 80.49% (second round)

General elections were held in Ecuador in 1978 and 1979. The first round of the presidential election was held on 16 July 1978, with a second round held alongside parliamentary elections on 29 April 1979. The CPF emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 29 of the 69 seats.

The incumbent military dictatorship barred Assad Bucaram, the popular leader of the CFP from being a candidate in the election.

The incumbent military dictatorship made attempts to prevent the transfer of power prior to the second round of the elections, including postponing it up to nine months after the first round was held.

Results

President

National Congress

List of elected representatives

Name	Party	Constituency
Alejandro Carrión Pérez	ID	Pichincha
Antonio Arnulfo Andrade Fajardo	CFP	Los Ríos
Arnaldo Merino Muñoz	ID	Chimborazo
Arquímides Valdez Carcelén	CFP	National
Arturo Córdova Malo	ID	Guayas
Assad Bucaram	CFP	National
Augusto Cid Abad Prado	ID	Morona Santiago
Aurelio Carrera del Río	PNR	Guayas
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy	PNR	National
César Gustavo Valdivieso Egas	CFP	Zamora Chinchipe
Edgar Orbea Rubio	CFP	Cotopaxi
Edgar Vicente Garrido Jaramillo	CFP	Loja
Eduardo Rivas Ayora	CFP	Cañar
Eudoro Bienvenido Loor Rivadeneira	PLRE	Manabí
Ezequiel Clavijo Martínez	PCE	Cañar
Fausto Vallejo Escobar	CFP	Chimborazo
Francisco Leónidas Daza Palacios	CFP	Manabí
Gabriel Nicola Loor	CFP	Los Ríos
Gabriel Olmedo Arroba Espinoza	CFP	Guayas
Galo Pico Mantilla	PCE	Tungurahua
Galo Vayas Salazar	CFP	Pichincha
Gil Barragán Romero	CID	Pichincha
Gilberto Francisco Plaza Chillambo	CFP	Esmeraldas
Gonzalo Gallegos	ID	Tungurahua
Gonzalo González Real	CFP	Bolívar
Gualberto Sigifredo Ortiz	PCE	Bolívar
Harry Abdón Álvarez García	ID	El Oro
Héctor Ricardo Bowen Cavagnaro	FNV	Manabí
Heinz Rodolfo Moeller Freile	CID	Guayas
Jacinto Velázquez Herrera	PSC	Guayas
Jaime del Castillo	PLRE	Pichincha
Jaime Hurtado	MPD	National
Jorge Chiriboga Guerrero	UDP	Esmeraldas
Jorge Milton Fadul Suazo	CFP	El Oro
Jorge Zambrano García	CFP	Manabí
José Enrique Ponce Luque	PSC	Los Ríos
José Miguel Mosquera Murillo	CFP	National
Juan Manuel Real	CFP	Tungurahua
Juan Tama Márquez	CFP	Azuay
Julio Arturo Piedra Armijos	PCE	Loja
Julio Ayala Serra	CFP	Guayas
Julio César Trujillo Vásquez	CFP	Pichincha
León Febres Cordero	PSC	National
Leopoldo Severo Espinoza Valdivieso	PCE	Azuay
Luis Antonio Gavilánez Villagómez	CFP	Guayas
Luis Alfredo Mejía Montesdeoca	ID	Imbabura
Luis Barrezueta Erazo	ID	Galápagos
Luis Muñoz Herrería	ID	Imbabura
Manuel Córdova Galarza	ID	Pichincha
Marco Proaño Maya	CFP	Imbabura
Maximiliano Rosero Sánchez	CFP	Cotopaxi
Medardo Alfonso Mora Solórzano	PLRE	Manabí
Nelson Félix Navarrete	CFP	Napo
Otto Arosemena	CID	National
Pablo Dávalos Dillon	PCE	Chimborazo
Pedro Carlos Falquez Batallas	CFP	El Oro
Pío Oswaldo Cueva Puertas	PCE	Loja
Rafael Armijos Valdivieso	PCE	National
Rafael Márquez Moreno	CFP	National
Raúl Clemente Huerta Rendón	PLRE	National
Raúl Baca Carbo	ID	National
Reinaldo Yanchapaxi Cando	PCE	Cotopaxi
Rodolfo Luis Baquerizo Nazur	CFP	Guayas
Rodrigo Edmundo Suárez Morales	PCE	Carchi
Rodrigo Borja	ID	National
Segundo Eladio Salas Meza	CFP	Esmeraldas
Vilem Kubes Weingart	ID	Pastaza
Wilfrido Lucero Bolaños	ID	Carchi
Xavier Ledesma Ginatta	ID	Guayas
Source: Almanaque Ecuador total 1996

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p379 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
The presidential election was won by [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]] of the [[Concentration of People's Forces]] (CPF), who received 68.5% of the vote in the run-off, becoming the country's first freely-elected president.''Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe'', p300
Nohlen, p395
Mora, Enrique Ayala. (1991). "Ecuador since 1930". Cambridge University Press.
''Almanaque Ecuador Total 1996'', Publimprent S.A.

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