Ecuador will have a second electoral round between Luisa González and Daniel Noboa

2023-08-21 05:18:26

About 13.4 million Ecuadorian voters held the first round of the presidential elections this Sunday to seek the successor of the current president Guillermo Lassoin the midst of an environment marked by the violence of criminal gangs and threats against the candidates.

According to the first results, with 85% of the polling stations counted, the new head of state will have to be elected in a second round as none of the candidates achieve the necessary percentage, that is, at least 40% of votes and a difference of less than ten points over the rest.

Until now, the Correísmo candidate, Luisa González (Revolución Ciudadana), and the businessman Daniel Noboa (Acción Democrática Nacional) will be the ones who will compete for the presidency on October 15, by achieving 33.1% and 23.9%. %, respectively. In third position is the journalist Christian Zurita, who replaced Villavicencio with the Construye Movement, with 16.5%.

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— christian zurita :. (@christianzr) August 21, 2023

In his first reaction after the results, González recalled that “it is the first time in the history of Ecuador that a woman gets such a high percentage in the first round to be president,” while Noboa assured that starting this Monday he will work to become president. : “We have a project and if someone wants to join, with great pleasure”.

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The president of the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council, Diana Atamaint, wanted to “congratulate the democratic attitude of the candidates by recognizing the results, which are nothing more and nothing less than the reflection of the popular will expressed at the polls.” He also congratulated “the Ecuadorian people for their civic commitment and for their participation in this historic democratic day that shows love for the homeland and the deep desire to have a country without violence, with inclusion, more solidarity.”