Turnout reached 82% of the 13.4 million citizens with the right to vote (out of a total population of 18.3 million), the CNE reported shortly after the polls closed at 17:00 yesterday Sunday (local time; at 01 :00 today Greek time).
Ecuador’s 45-year-old leftist presidential candidate, lawyer Luisa Gonzalez, leads with 32.6% of the vote, followed by right-wing candidate Daniel Noboa with 24.6%, with 9.98% of the ballots cast. counted, indicate the first official results released by the electoral commission, the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Turnout reached 82% of the 13.4 million citizens with the right to vote (out of a total population of 18.3 million), the CNE reported shortly after the polls closed at 17:00 yesterday Sunday (local time; at 01 :00 today Greek time).
In the early presidential and parliamentary elections, held in a climate of fear, almost psychosis, after the assassination of centrist candidate Fernando Villavicencio on August 9, amid an unprecedented wave of violence attributed to drug-trafficking gangs, citizens were called to elect a president, vice president , as well as the 137 members of Congress.
Source :Skai
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