General elections were held in Ecuador on 3 June 1956.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p379 The presidential elections were won by Camilo Ponce Enríquez of the People's Alliance, a coalition of the Conservative Party, the Social Christian Party and Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action. He defeated of the National Democratic Front (an alliance of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party, the Socialist Party and the Communist Party) by 0.5% of the vote. He took office on 1 September.Enciclopedia Electoral Latinoamericana y del Caribe pp. 299
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