2017 Ecuadorian general election

2017 general elections were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens.Referendum on tax havens will be conducted in the elections of 2017  Ecuador Times, 22 November 2016

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.Ecuador will hold run-off poll to choose new president BBC News, 23 February 2017 In the second round Moreno was elected president with 51.16% of the vote.CNE plenary presented total results of the second round of elections  CNE, 10 April 2017El Pleno del CNE proclamó a Lenín Moreno presidente electo de Ecuador El Comercio, 18 April 2017

Results
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Lenín MorenoPAIS Alliance3,716,34339.365,062,01851.16Guillermo LassoCreating Opportunities2,652,40328.094,833,38948.84Cynthia ViteriSocial Christian Party1,540,90316.32Paco MoncayoNational Agreement for Change634,0336.71Abdalá Bucaram, Jr.Fuerza Ecuador455,1874.82Iván Espinel MolinaFuerza Compromiso Social299,8403.18Patricio Zuquilanda DuquePatriotic Society Party72,6790.77Washington PesántezMovimiento Unión Ecuatoriana71,1070.75Invalid/blank votes1,022,812–740,167–Total10,470,17410010,635,574100Registered voters/turnout12,816,69881.6312,816,69882.98Source: CNE , CNE 

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