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General elections were held in Ecuador on 20 October 2002 with a second round of the presidential elections on 24 November. 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. The Social Christian Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress winning 24 of the 100 seats.
