1968 Ecuadorian general election

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2 June 1968

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Presidential election

Map of results by provinces.

President before election

Otto Arosemena

Elected President

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

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

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

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