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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Ecuador’s presidential election goes to runoff after ‘statistical tie’

President Daniel Noboa gives a thumbs-up
President Daniel Noboa waves after accompanying his running mate, Maria Jose Pinto, to cast her ballot during the presidential elections in Quito on Sunday. Photograph: Carlos Noriega/AP

Ecuador’s conservative president, Daniel Noboa, will face the leftist former congresswoman Luisa González in an election runoff on 13 April after a better than expected first-round performance by his challenger.

With more than 92% of the ballot boxes counted, Noboa was on 44.31%, just ahead of González, with a difference of only 45,000 votes in an electorate of 13.7 million registered voters.

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