1952 Ecuadorian general election

1 June 1952

Presidential election

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President before election

Galo Plaza

Elected President

José María Velasco Ibarra
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General elections were held in Ecuador on 1 June 1952. The presidential elections were won by José María Velasco Ibarra of the National Velasquista Federation–Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action alliance. His term started on 1 September.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José María Velasco Ibarra	FNV–ARNE	152,259	43.01
	Ruperto Alarcón Falconí	Conservative Party	116,870	33.01
	José Ricardo Chiriboga	Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party	66,771	18.86
	Modesto Larrea Jijón	National Democratic Alliance	18,125	5.12
Total			354,025	100.00

Valid votes			354,025	98.99
Invalid/blank votes			3,629	1.01
Total votes			357,654	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			550,997	64.91
Source: Nohlen


Party		Votes	%
	Conservative Party	84,973	25.39
	Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party	47,143	14.08
	National Democratic Alliance	11,334	3.39
	Other parties	191,287	57.15
Total		334,737	100.00

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe p299

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