2017 Ecuadorian general election

**2017 general elections** were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens.

## Background

Voters elected a new President and National Assembly.

Incumbent President Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance was not eligible for re-election, having served two terms. In the first round of the presidential elections, PAIS Alliance candidate Lenín Moreno received 39% of the vote. Although he was more than 10% ahead of his nearest rival, Guillermo Lasso of the Creating Opportunities party, Moreno was just short of the 40% threshold required to avoid a run-off.

As a result, a second round was held on 2 April. In the second round Moreno was elected president with 51.16% of the vote.

## Results

|colspan=2 rowspan=2|Candidate|rowspan=2|Party|colspan=2|First round|colspan=2|Second round|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=#7CFC00||**Lenín Moreno**|**PAIS Alliance**|align=right|**3,716,343**|align=right|**39.36**|align=right|**5,062,018**|align=right|**51.16**|
|bgcolor=#3366FF||**Guillermo Lasso**|**Creating Opportunities**|align=right|**2,652,403**|align=right|**28.09**|align=right|4,833,389|align=right|48.84|
|bgcolor=#FFD700||Cynthia Viteri|Social Christian Party|align=right|1,540,903|align=right|16.32|||||
|bgcolor=#FF6600||Paco Moncayo|National Agreement for Change|align=right|634,033|align=right|6.71|||||
|bgcolor=#FF0000||Abdalá Bucaram, Jr.|Fuerza Ecuador|align=right|455,187|align=right|4.82|||||
|bgcolor=#00BFFF||Iván Espinel Molina|Fuerza Compromiso Social|align=right|299,840|align=right|3.18|||||
|bgcolor=#6BA325||Patricio Zuquilanda Duque|Patriotic Society Party|align=right|72,679|align=right|0.77|||||
|bgcolor=#B22222||Washington Pesántez|Movimiento Unión Ecuatoriana|align=right|71,107|align=right|0.75|||||
|Invalid/blank votes|1,022,812|–|740,167|–||||||||
|**Total**|**10,470,174**|**100**|**10,635,574**|**100**||||||||
|Registered voters/turnout|12,816,698|81.63|12,816,698|82.98||||||||
|colspan=8 align=left|Source: CNE , CNE|||||||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **embed**: yes
- **election name**: Presidential election
- **type**: presidential
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Lenín Moreno**
- **party1**: PAIS Alliance
- **running mate1**: **Jorge Glas**
- **popular vote1**: **5,062,018**
- **percentage1**: **51.16%**
- **alliance1**: **:es:Frente UNIDOS, United Front**
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Guillermo Lasso
- **party2**: Creating Opportunities
- **running mate2**: Andrés Páez
- **popular vote2**: 4,833,389
- **percentage2**: 48.84%
- **alliance2**: :es:Alianza por el Cambio (Ecuador), Alliance for Change
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Rafael Correa
- **before party**: PAIS Alliance
- **after election**: Lenin Moreno
- **after party**: PAIS Alliance


## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2017 Ecuadorian general election
- **country**: Ecuador
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2013 Ecuadorian general election
- **previous year**: 2013
- **election date**: 19 February 2017 (first round)
2 April 2017 (second round)
- **next election**: 2021 Ecuadorian general election
- **next year**: 2021