Ecuador’s conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

Ecuador presidential vote pits incumbent against leftist in rerun of 2023 - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

QUITO — An April presidential run-off in Ecuador will pit incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist Luisa Gonzalez, in an unexpectedly tight contest featuring the same two candidates who were in a 2023 snap election.

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Ecuador's presidential election goes to runoff between conservative incumbent, leftist lawyer

Ecuador will choose its next president in a runoff election in April between conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González. Crime is a major issue for voters.

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Ecuador’s presidential election will go to a second round after the current president, Daniel Noboa, and the candidate for the left-wing Revolución Ciudadana (RC) party, Luisa González, received nearly identical shares of the vote. After more than three-quarters of the ballots had been counted, Noboa led the 16 candidates with 44.6% of the vote – short of the 50% needed to win outright. González trailed with 44.02%. A run-off to decide the winne…

Correismo, represented in this last election by the binomial of Luisa González and Diego Borja, will face in the second round President-candidate Daniel Noboa and María José Pinto. According to official results, this is the first time that the Citizen Revolution (list 5) does not lead the presidential vote.

Ecuador’s conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González advance to presidential runoff

Crime, gangs and extortion Under Noboa’s watch, the homicide rate dropped from 46.18 per 100,000 people in 2023 to 38.76 per 100,000 people last year. Still, it remained far higher than the 6.85 per 100,000 people in 2019, and other crimes, such as kidnapping and extortion, have skyrocketed, making people fearful of leaving their homes. “For me, this president is disastrous,” said Marta Barres, 35, who went to the voting center with her three te…