2002 Ecuadorian general election

General elections were held in Ecuador on 20 October 2002, with a second round of the presidential elections on 24 November.^[1] The result was a victory for Lucio Gutiérrez of the PSP–MUPP–NP alliance, who won the run-off with 54.8% of the vote.^[2] The Social Christian Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 24 of the 100 seats.^[3]

2002 Ecuadorian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Lucio Gutiérrez Álvaro Noboa Party PSP PRIAN Running mate Alfredo Palacio Marcelo Cruz Popular vote 2,803,243 2,312,854 Percentage 54.79% 45.21%

Second round results by province

President before election Gustavo Noboa Democracia Popular Elected President Lucio Gutiérrez PSP

Results

President

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Lucio Gutiérrez	PSP–MUPP–NP	943,123	20.64	2,803,243	54.79
	Álvaro Noboa	Institutional Renewal Party of National Action	794,614	17.39	2,312,854	45.21
	León Roldós Aguilera	Citizen Force Movement	703,593	15.40
	Rodrigo Borja Cevallos	Democratic Left	638,142	13.97
	Xavier Neira Menéndez	Social Christian Party	553,106	12.11
	Jacobo Bucaram	Ecuadorian Roldosist Party	544,688	11.92
	Jacinto Velazquez	Independent Social Transformation Movement	169,311	3.71
	Ivonne Baki	PLRE–Metamorfosis	79,598	1.74
	César Alarcon	Freedom Party	54,793	1.20
	Osvaldo Hurtado	Solidarity Fatherland Movement	49,043	1.07
	Antonio Vargas	Independent Amauta Jatari Movement	39,171	0.86
Total			4,569,182	100.00	5,116,097	100.00
Valid votes			4,569,182	86.23	5,116,097	88.10
Invalid/blank votes			729,399	13.77	691,012	11.90
Total votes			5,298,581	100.00	5,807,109	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,154,425	64.98	8,154,425	71.21
Source: Nohlen

National Congress

Party		Seats
	Social Christian Party	24
	Popular Democracy–Christian Democratic Union	19
	Democratic Left	13
	Institutional Renewal Party of National Action	10
	PSP–MUPP	6
	Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement – New Country	5
	Democratic People's Movement	3
	Patriotic Society Party	2
	PSFA–MUPP	2
	MPD–PSFA	2
	AN–PSFA–DPUDC	1
	Concentration of People's Forces	1
	Democratic Left–DPUDC	1
	Democratic Left–MCNP	1
	Democratic Left–MIRE	1
	Democratic Transformation	1
	Freedom Party	1
	MUPP–MCNP	1
	Provincial Integration Movement	1
	Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador	1
	PSP–MPD	1
	Social Christian Party–AN	1
	Solidarity Fatherland Movement	1
	UN–PSC	1
Total		100
Source: Córdova