1968 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 2 June 1968.^[1] The presidential election was won by José María Velasco Ibarra of the National Velasquista Federation [es], who received 33% of the vote.^[2] He started his fifth and last term in office on 1 September.^[3]

1968 Ecuadorian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee José María Velasco Ibarra Andrés Córdova Camilo Ponce Enríquez Party FNV PLRE PSC Running mate Víctor Hugo Sicouret Jorge Zavala Roberto Nevárez Vásquez Popular vote 280,370 264,312 259,833 Percentage 32.85% 30.97% 30.44%

Map of results by provinces.

President before election Otto Arosemena Elected President Velasco Ibarra FNV

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José María Velasco Ibarra	National Velasquista Federation [es]	280,370	32.85
	Andrés Córdova	Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party	264,312	30.97
	Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Social Christian Party	259,833	30.44
	Jorge Crespo	Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action [es]	31,991	3.75
	Elías Gallegos	People's Democratic Union	17,040	2.00
Total			853,546	100.00
Valid votes			853,546	91.88
Invalid/blank votes			75,435	8.12
Total votes			928,981	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,198,874	77.49
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Institute for the Comparative. Ecuador election factbook, June 2, 1968. Open Library. OL 5617510M.
2. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p401 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
3. Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe, p300