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General elections were held in Ecuador in 1978 and 1979. The first round of the presidential election was held on 16 July 1978 with a second round held alongside parliamentary elections on 29 April 1979. The presidential election was won by Jaime Roldós Aguilera of the Concentration of People’s Forces (CPF) who received 68.5% of the vote in the run-off becoming the country’s first freely-elected president. The CPF emerged as the largest party in Parliament winning 29 of the 69 seats.
