Ecuador's president wins re-election as opponent demands recount
Ecuador 's national electoral council on Sunday declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of the country's presidential race, after he held a steady and unexpectedly wide 12-point lead over leftist Luisa González throughout the count.
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González told chanting supporters she did not accept the results and would demand a recount, calling it 'the worst and most grotesque electoral fraud in the history of Ecuador'.
With nearly 93 per cent of ballot boxes counted, Noboa had 55.8 per cent of votes, compared to González's 44.1 per cent, a difference of more than 1 million votes.
The results were a sharp contrast to the February first round, where Noboa finished just 16,746 votes ahead of González.
'We inform the Ecuadorian people that with more than 90 per cent of the ballot boxes processed nationally there is an irreversible trend in the second round of voting,' Diana Atamaint, the head of the national electoral council said in a statement to the press. 'The winning duo is Daniel Noboa Azin and [vice president-elect] Maria Jose Pinto.'
Luisa González, presidential candidate for Ecuador's Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana (Citizen Revolution Movement) party, speaks at her final campaign rally on Thursday. Photo: AFP
González expressed disbelief over the results to chanting supporters in Quito.
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