2021 Ecuadorian general election

2021 Ecuadorian general election

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Registered	First round: 13,099,150[1] 2.2%
Turnout	First round: 10,616,412 (81.05%) 0.58% Second round: 80.99%
Presidential election
Candidate Guillermo Lasso Andrés Arauz Party Creating Opportunities Union for Hope Alliance CREO-PSC UNES Running mate Alfredo Borrero Vega Carlos Rabascall Popular vote 4,414,221 3,996,872 Percentage 52.48% 47.52%
President before election Lenín Moreno PAIS Alliance Elected President Guillermo Lasso CREO

A general election was held in Ecuador on 7 February 2021, the date for the first round of the presidential election, and also a vote about mining in Cuenca.^[2][3]

Incumbent president Lenín Moreno, who has held the office since his victory over Guillermo Lasso in 2017, is not seeking reelection.^[4]

Early results showed that Andrés Arauz was leading, but not enough to avoid a second round. Guillermo Lasso advanced to the run-off after coming in second place, beating Yaku Pérez Guartambel.^[5]

Former president Lucio Gutiérrez also ran in the election as a member of the Sociedad Patriótica party.^[6]

The second round was held on April 11, with Lasso defeated Arauz.^[7] Lasso will be inaugurated on May 24, 2021.

1. ↑ "Padrón electoral se cierra con 13 099 150 personas para comicios generales del 2021" (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
2. ↑ "Candidatos 2021". Consejo Nacional Electoral del Ecuador. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
3. ↑ "Cuenca, Ecuador anti-mining vote in February 2021". Mining Journal. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
4. ↑ "Ecuador's trial of the century opens". The Economist. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
5. ↑ "Leftist Arauz, conservative Lasso advance to Ecuador presidential run-off". Buenos Aires Times. 22 February 2021.
6. ↑ "Lucio Gutiérrez, tras su propia revancha: regresar a Carondelet". El Universo. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
7. ↑ "Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote". Associated Press. 11 April 2021.