1956 Ecuadorian general election

← 1952

3 June 1956

1960 →

Presidential election


Nominee	Camilo Ponce Enríquez	Raúl Clemente Huerta [es]
Party	PSC	PLRE
Alliance	AP	FDN
Running mate	Francisco Illingworth	José María Plaza
Popular vote	178,424	175,378
Percentage	29.04%	28.54%


Nominee	Carlos Guevara Moreno [es]	José Ricardo Chiriboga Villagómez
Party	CFP	Dissidents
Running mate	Alfonso Zambrano Orejuela	Octavio Viteri Velásquez
Popular vote	149,935	110,686
Percentage	24.40%	18.01%

Results by province

President before election

Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
FNV

Elected President

Camilo Ponce Enríquez
PSC

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General elections were held in Ecuador on 3 June 1956. The presidential elections were won by Camilo Ponce Enríquez of the People's Alliance, a coalition of the Conservative Party, the Social Christian Party and Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action. He defeated Raúl Clemente Huerta [es] of the National Democratic Front (an alliance of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party, the Socialist Party and the Communist Party) by 0.5% of the vote. He took office on 1 September.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Camilo Ponce Enríquez	People's Alliance (PSC–Conservative Party–ARNE [es])	178,424	29.04
	Raúl Clemente Huerta [es]	National Democratic Front (PLRE–PSE–PCE)	175,378	28.54
	Carlos Guevara Moreno [es]	Concentration of People's Forces	149,935	24.40
	José Ricardo Chiriboga Villagómez	Dissident liberal and Velasqist groups	110,686	18.01
Total			614,423	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			836,955	–
Source: Nohlen

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 pp. 299

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