Incumbent President Daniel Noboa is leading by a narrow margin in Ecuador's election, facing a strong challenge from leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez. Preliminary results show Noboa with 44.4% and Gonzalez with 43.9%, prompting a second-round runoff. The election was closely watched as a referendum on Ecuador's security and economic issues.
QUITO — Incumbent President Daniel Noboa held a razor-thin lead in violence-hit Ecuador 's election Sunday, after a stronger-than-expected challenge from a leftist rival who looked set to force a second-round run-off.With about 90 percent of the ballots counted, Noboa had garnered 44.4 percent of the vote, and rival Luisa Gonzalez was on 43.9 percent, official results showed.
'We came to support the president; we want him to support us and change the country,' said 52-year-old secretary Myriam Medrano on the streets of the capital.Gonzalez's political mentor — polarizing exiled ex-president Rafael Correa — was also bullish about the prospects of victory.'We are going to PASS Noboa,' he said in a social media post.'A bigger challenge'At 37, Noboa is one of the world's youngest leaders.
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