General elections were held in Ecuador on 29 January 1984, with a second round of the presidential elections on 6 May.[1] León Febres Cordero of the Social Christian Party won the run-off with 51.5% of the vote.[2] Democratic Left emerged as the largest faction in the National Congress, winning 24 of the 69 seats.[3]
Results President Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Democratic Left 634,327 28.73 1,299,089 48.46 León Febres Cordero Social Christian Party 600,563 27.20 1,381,709 51.54 Ángel Duarte Concentration of People's Forces 298,397 13.52 Jaime Hurtado Democratic People's Movement 161,810 7.33 Jaime Aspiazu Alfarista Radical Front 149,733 6.78 Francisco Huerta Democratic Party 146,646 6.64 Julio César Trujillo Popular Democracy 103,790 4.70 René Maugé Broad Front of the Left 94,070 4.26 Manuel Salgado Socialist Party 18,283 0.83 Total 2,207,619 100.00 2,680,798 100.00 Valid votes 2,207,619 83.41 2,680,798 90.44 Invalid/blank votes 439,225 16.59 283,500 9.56 Total votes 2,646,844 100.00 2,964,298 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,734,076 70.88 3,794,149 78.13 Source: Nohlen
National Congress Party Nationwide District Total +/– Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Democratic Left 394,212 19.45 3 410,914 19.98 21 24 +9 Social Christian Party 361,755 17.85 2 235,117 11.43 7 9 +6 Democratic Party 185,376 9.15 1 164,835 8.02 2 3 New Concentration of People's Forces 176,251 8.70 1 184,506 8.97 6 7 –22 Alfarista Radical Front 161,643 7.98 1 180,896 8.80 5 6 New Popular Democracy 130,173 6.42 1 150,392 7.31 4 5 New Democratic People's Movement 123,333 6.09 1 134,036 6.52 2 3 +1 Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 104,848 5.17 1 103,827 5.05 2 3 New Broad Front of the Left 88,660 4.37 1 105,401 5.13 1 2 New Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party 75,489 3.72 0 122,485 5.96 4 4 0 Conservative Party 56,785 2.80 0 75,523 3.67 2 2 –8 People, Change, Democracy 49,645 2.45 0 55,457 2.70 0 0 New Revolutionary Nationalist Party 37,030 1.83 0 46,081 2.24 0 0 –1 Socialist Party 32,048 1.58 0 36,084 1.75 1 1 New Republican National Coalition 25,718 1.27 0 27,869 1.36 1 1 New National Velasquista Federation 14,938 0.74 0 18,281 0.89 0 0 –1 Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action 8,710 0.43 0 4,508 0.22 0 0 0 Total 2,026,614 100.00 12 2,056,212 100.00 58 70 +1 Valid votes 2,026,614 76.86 2,056,212 77.30 Invalid/blank votes 610,042 23.14 603,672 22.70 Total votes 2,636,656 100.00 2,659,884 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,734,076 70.61 3,734,076 71.23 Source: Nohlen
References
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II , p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3^ Nohlen, p402
^ Nohlen, p395
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