1998 Ecuadorian general election

Presidential and congressional election in Ecuador Ecuador 1996 Ecuadorian general election 1996 2002 Ecuadorian general election 2002 yes Presidential election presidential 31 May 1998 (first round)12 July 1998 (second round) 7,072,496 64.16% (first round)70.13% (second round) JamilMahuad.jpg Jamil Mahuad 3CB371 Popular Democracy Gustavo Noboa 2,243,000 51.17% Álvaro Noboa.jpg Álvaro Noboa Ecuadorian Roldosist Party Alfredo Castillo 2,140,481 48.83% 200px First round results by province 200px Second round results by province 2 President Fabian Alarcon Alfarista Radical Front Jamil Mahuad Democracia Popular General elections were held in Ecuador on 31 May 1998, with a second round of the presidential elections on 12 July.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p380 978-0-19-928358-3 The result was a victory for Jamil Mahuad of the Popular Democracy (DP) party, who won the run-off with 51.2% of the vote.Nohlen, p404 The DP alliance also emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 32 of the 120 seats.Nohlen, p396 Background Following the 1996 general elections, President Abdalá Bucaram was removed from office by Congress nine months later on grounds of mental incapacity. Fabian Alarcon thereupon took his place as caretaker Head of State. Contestants The leading contestants of the six (including two women) vying for the presidency were Jamil Mahuad (DP), the mayor of Quito, and Álvaro Noboa (Ecuadorian Roldosist Party), a wealthy businessman. Campaign debates were marked by personal accusations of drug links and threatened lawsuits between the two rivals, alongside statements on substantive policy questions relating primarily to corruption and the country's ailing economy. Problems in this latter sector (high inflation, budget deficit) had been aggravated by the sociological and infrastructural damage caused by the climatic phenomenon known as El Niño and the worldwide drop in oil prices, Ecuador's main export earner. Mahuad advocated an intense program of private investment to achieve a 5% annual growth rate, privatizations, job creation and housing construction. Results President Jamil Mahuad Gustavo Noboa Popular Democracy 1342114 2243000 Álvaro Noboa Alfredo Castillo Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 1022667 2140481 Rodrigo Borja Cevallos Carlos Baquerizo Democratic Left 619581 Freddy Ehlers Jorge Gallardo Pachakutik 566917 Rosalía Arteaga Guido Carranza Independent Movement for an Authentic Republic 195000 María Eugenia Lima Ricardo Ramírez Democratic People's Movement 97522 694021 576594 7072496 7072496 Nohlen National Congress File:Congreso Ecuador 1998.svg Social Christian Party 839567 5114369 28 +1 Popular Democracy 669473 6008940 35 +24 Ecuadorian Roldosist Party 628265 4429114 22 +3 Democratic Left 544088 3006737 17 +13 MUPP–PSFA 325365 127891 8 – Conservative Party 184048 3 +2 Democratic People's Movement 151096 980253 2 0 Alfarista Radical Front 54137 559548 2 – National Alfarismo Party 51515 0 – Concentration of People's Forces 37507 241002 1 0 Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action 28837 180399 0 –2 Latin American People's Union 14043 145410 0 0 Other parties and independents 980253 3 – 2525491 1009881 953033 +39 7072496 7072496 Nohlen, OPLAL References General Category:Parliamentary elections in Ecuador Category:Presidential elections in Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results