General elections were held in Ecuador in 1978 and 1979.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 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 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 The CPF emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 29 of the 69 seats.Nohlen, p395
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 NameParty Constituency Alejandro Carrión Pérez ID Pichincha Antonio Arnulfo Andrade Fajardo CFP Los RíosArnaldo Merino Muñoz ID Chimborazo Arquímides Valdez Carcelén CFP National Arturo Córdova Malo ID Guayas Assad Bucaram CFP NationalAugusto Cid Abad Prado ID Morona SantiagoAurelio Carrera del Río PNR GuayasCarlos Julio Arosemena Monroy PNR NationalCésar 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 RivadeneiraPLREManabíEzequiel Clavijo MartínezPCECañarFausto Vallejo EscobarCFPChimborazoFrancisco Leónidas Daza Palacios CFP ManabíGabriel Nicola Loor CFP Los RíosGabriel Olmedo Arroba Espinoza CFP GuayasGalo Pico Mantilla PCE Tungurahua Galo Vayas Salazar CFP Pichincha Gil Barragán Romero CID PichinchaGilberto Francisco Plaza Chillambo CFP EsmeraldasGonzalo Gallegos ID TungurahuaGonzalo González Real CFP Bolívar Gualberto Sigifredo Ortiz PCE Bolívar Harry Abdón Álvarez García ID El Oro Héctor Ricardo Bowen Cavagnaro FNV ManabíHeinz 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 AzuayLuis Antonio Gavilánez Villagómez CFP GuayasLuis Alfredo Mejía Montesdeoca ID ImbaburaLuis Barrezueta Erazo ID GalápagosLuis Muñoz Herrería ID ImbaburaManuel Córdova Galarza ID PichinchaMarco Proaño Maya CFP ImbaburaMaximiliano Rosero Sánchez CFP CotopaxiMedardo Alfonso Mora Solórzano PLRE ManabíNelson Félix Navarrete CFP NapoOtto Arosemena CID NationalPablo Dávalos Dillon PCE ChimborazoPedro Carlos Falquez Batallas CFP El OroPío Oswaldo Cueva Puertas PCE LojaRafael Armijos Valdivieso PCE NationalRafael Márquez Moreno CFP NationalRaúl Clemente Huerta Rendón PLRE NationalRaúl Baca Carbo ID NationalReinaldo Yanchapaxi Cando PCE CotopaxiRodolfo Luis Baquerizo Nazur CFP GuayasRodrigo Edmundo Suárez Morales PCE CarchiRodrigo Borja ID NationalSegundo Eladio Salas Meza CFP EsmeraldasVilem Kubes Weingart ID PastazaWilfrido Lucero Bolaños ID CarchiXavier Ledesma Ginatta ID GuayasSource: Almanaque Ecuador total 1996Almanaque Ecuador Total 1996, Publimprent S.A.
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