1948 Ecuadorian presidential election

1948 Ecuadorian presidential election
	Results by province
President before election; Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola;	Elected President ; Galo Plaza;

Presidential elections were held in Ecuador on 6 June 1948.^[1] The elections were supervised by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for the first time. The result was a victory for Galo Plaza of the National Democratic Civic Movement.^[2] He was inaugurated as President on 1 September 1948.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Galo Plaza	National Democratic Civic Movement	115,708	41.07
	Manuel Flor Torres	Conservative Party	112,356	39.88
	Alberto Enríquez Gallo	PLRE–PSE	53,649	19.04
Total			281,713	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			455,524	–
Source: Nohlen

References

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