1956 Ecuadorian general election

1956 Ecuadorian general election

3 June 1956

Presidential election

Nominee Camilo Ponce Enríquez Raúl Clemente Huerta 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 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

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 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

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Camilo Ponce Enríquez	People's Alliance (PSC–Conservative Party–ARNE)	178,424	29.04
	Raúl Clemente Huerta	National Democratic Front (PLRE–PSE–PCE)	175,378	28.54
	Carlos Guevara Moreno	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