1972 Ecuadorian general election

Cancelled election in Ecuador Elections were scheduled to be held in Ecuador on June 4, 1972.1972-02-16 Armed Forces Oust Ecuador President In a Bloodless Coup https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/16/archives/armed-forces-oust-ecuador-president-in-a-bloodless-coup-ecuadors.html The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 President José María Velasco Ibarra, who was elected in the 1968 presidential election, suspended the constitution in 1970 and took dictatorial powers but announced that regular elections would still be held in 1972.Mora Enrique Ayala Ecuador since 1930 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 687–726 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/ecuador-since-1930/01470B5E4EB7A7420BA70DA25269B6D2 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.013 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription However, the military, which backed Velasco Ibarra's regime, did not think they had a suitable candidate who could defeat Assad Bucaram, leader of the CFP.Pyne Peter 1975 The Politics of Instability in Ecuador: The Overthrow of the President, 1961 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-latin-american-studies/article/abs/politics-of-instability-in-ecuador-the-overthrow-of-the-president-19611/2E6E717F6E04D2BFE98DA063990B98D4 Journal of Latin American Studies en 7 1 109–133 10.1017/S0022216X00016680 1469-767X subscription On February 15, 1972, the military overthrew Velasco Ibarra, cancelled the election and installed General Guillermo Rodríguez Lara as dictator. References Category:Presidential elections in Ecuador Category:Parliamentary elections in Ecuador General Category:Cancelled elections