Daniel Noboa and Luisa González will measure forces again on April 13, after having reached a minimum difference after Sunday’s suffrage in Ecuador.
This time the surprise was given by the leftist González, who with 92% of scrutinized minutes obtained 43.3% of the votes against Noboa, with 44.3% of votes.
Thanks to our militancy, citizens, to all who seek a change of course for our homeland.
They are afraid, we hope. #Revivirecuador pic.twitter.com/GHQP5W5GAV
– Luisa González (@Luisagonzalezec) February 10, 2025
Noboa (National Democratic Action – DNA), which before 2023’s ballot was almost a stranger in Ecuadorian politics, could not sing his triumph in the first round as he aspired.
In power since 2023 and wrapped by his iron flag against drug trafficking, Noboa was the favorite after a short, but intense mandate, marked by his war against gangs and an energy crisis caused by drought.
“Daniel Noboa represents fear and we represent change, hope,” González said after receiving the results and ensuring that there was a “technical draw.”
On the president of the president there was silence. Supporters who had gathered to the place where their party planned to give a press conference retired without seeing the candidate.
The third and fourth place correspond to Leonidas IZA, from Pachakutik, already Andrea González, of the Patriotic Society Party, while the other 12 executive candidates do not even accumulate one percent of votes.
The count continues while some matches warned that in the early morning the National Electoral Council (CNE) deleted “all the image and data archives on the Azure server arranged for political organizations.”
González herself made the complaint on Monday morning in an interview with the local channel Teleamazonas And he added that during the voting day veterans of his political formation (Citizen Revolution – RC) were expelled from the electoral enclosures.
He also questioned the performance of the head of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, for acting as “Noboa campaign manager” and that is why they will insist on the review of minutes with inconsistencies in the provinces of Guayas, Manabí and Esmeraldas.
Some observers, now points out that Ecuadorians will decide in April if they wish to continue with a 37 -year -old millennial president, who has managed to infiltrate almost all the powers of the State or opt for a representative of the left who has the social base of the former president Rafael Correa.
According to the Constitution of Ecuador, a candidate needs more than 50% of the votes to win the first round, or 40% with a margin of at least 10 percentage points about the following closest candidate.
With information from AFP, Latin Prensa and El País.
