1998 Ecuadorian general election
President

1998 Ecuadorian general election

Section Title: President
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	First round	Second round

Votes	%	Votes	%

Jamil Mahuad	Popular Democracy	1,342,114	34.9	2,243,000	51.2

Álvaro Noboa	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party	1,022,667	26.6	2,140,481	48.8

Rodrigo Borja Cevallos	Democratic Left	619,581	16.1

Freddy Ehlers	Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country	566,917	14.7

Rosalía Arteaga	Independent Movement for an Authentic Republic	195,000	5.1

Maria Eugenia Lima	Democratic People's Movement	97,522	2.5

Invalid/blank votes	694,021	–	576,594	–

Total	4,537,822	100	4,960,075	100

Registered voters/turnout	7,072,496	64.2	7,072,496	70.1

Source: Nohlen

Sentence(s)

The result was a victory for Jamil Mahuad of the Popular Democracy (DP) party, who won with 51.2% of the vote.

final_sentence: The result was a victory for Jamil Mahuad of the Popular Democracy (DP) party, who won with 51.2% of the vote.