# 1984 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 29 January 1984, with a second round of the presidential elections on 6 May. After finishing second in the first round, León Febres Cordero of the Social Christian Party won the run-off with 51.5% of the vote. The Democratic Left emerged as the largest faction in the National Congress, winning 24 of the 69 seats.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Rodrigo Borja Cevallos | Democratic Left | 634,327 | 28.73 | 1,299,089 | 48.46 |
| | León Febres Cordero | Social Christian Party | 600,563 | 27.20 | 1,381,709 | 51.54 |
| | Ángel Duarte Valverde | Concentration of People's Forces | 298,397 | 13.52 | | |
| | Jaime Hurtado | Democratic People's Movement | 161,810 | 7.33 | | |
| | Jaime Aspiazu | Alfarista Radical Front | 149,733 | 6.78 | | |
| | Francisco Huerta | Democratic Party | 146,646 | 6.64 | | |
| | Julio César Trujillo | Popular Democracy | 103,790 | 4.70 | | |
| | René Maugé | Broad Front of the Left | 94,070 | 4.26 | | |
| | Manuel Salgado | Socialist Party | 18,283 | 0.83 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,207,619 | 100.00 | 2,680,798 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,207,619 | 83.41 | 2,680,798 | 90.44 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 439,225 | 16.59 | 283,500 | 9.56 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,646,844 | 100.00 | 2,964,298 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,734,076 | 70.88 | 3,794,149 | 78.13 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||||

### National Congress

| Party | Party | Nationwide | Nationwide | Nationwide | District | District | District | Total seats | +/– |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats | +/– |
| | Democratic Left | 394,212 | 19.45 | 3 | 410,914 | 19.98 | 21 | 24 | +9 |
| | Social Christian Party | 361,755 | 17.85 | 2 | 235,117 | 11.43 | 7 | 9 | +6 |
| | Democratic Party | 185,376 | 9.15 | 1 | 164,835 | 8.02 | 2 | 3 | New |
| | Concentration of People's Forces | 176,251 | 8.70 | 1 | 184,506 | 8.97 | 6 | 7 | –22 |
| | Alfarista Radical Front | 161,643 | 7.98 | 1 | 180,896 | 8.80 | 5 | 6 | New |
| | Popular Democracy | 130,173 | 6.42 | 1 | 150,392 | 7.31 | 4 | 5 | New |
| | Democratic People's Movement | 123,333 | 6.09 | 1 | 134,036 | 6.52 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| | Ecuadorian Roldosist Party | 104,848 | 5.17 | 1 | 103,827 | 5.05 | 2 | 3 | New |
| | Broad Front of the Left | 88,660 | 4.37 | 1 | 105,401 | 5.13 | 1 | 2 | New |
| | Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party | 75,489 | 3.72 | 0 | 122,485 | 5.96 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | Conservative Party | 56,785 | 2.80 | 0 | 75,523 | 3.67 | 2 | 2 | –8 |
| | People, Change, Democracy | 49,645 | 2.45 | 0 | 55,457 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Revolutionary Nationalist Party | 37,030 | 1.83 | 0 | 46,081 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| | Socialist Party | 32,048 | 1.58 | 0 | 36,084 | 1.75 | 1 | 1 | New |
| | Republican National Coalition | 25,718 | 1.27 | 0 | 27,869 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | New |
| | National Velasquista Federation | 14,938 | 0.74 | 0 | 18,281 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| | Ecuadorian Revolutionary Popular Action | 8,710 | 0.43 | 0 | 4,508 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2,026,614 | 100.00 | 12 | 2,056,212 | 100.00 | 58 | 70 | +1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,026,614 | 76.86 | | 2,056,212 | 77.30 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 610,042 | 23.14 | | 603,672 | 22.70 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,636,656 | 100.00 | | 2,659,884 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,734,076 | 70.61 | | 3,734,076 | 71.23 | | | |
| Source: Nohlen ||||||||||