What to know about Ecuador's presidential runoff election
- Ecuador will hold a runoff presidential election on April 13, 2025, with candidates Daniel Noboa and Luisa González in a tight race as voters seek solutions to rising drug-related violence.
- Incumbent President Daniel Noboa has been in office for 16 months and has faced criticism for minimal results during his term.
- Luisa González, backed by former President Rafael Correa, is running on a platform to create jobs, pledging to double Noboa's job creation promise.
- Voting is mandatory for eligible citizens, and over 13 million Ecuadorians are expected to participate in the high-turnout election.
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What to Know About Ecuador’s Presidential Election
Ecuador holds a runoff presidential election on Sunday, and the race is in a dead heat as voters decide which candidate can better address the violence that drug trafficking has unleashed on the country. Since 2023, Ecuador has been shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate, the prison killings of six men accused of murdering him and a security crackdown after several prison riots and the on-air siege of a TV station. Here is what …

Ecuador votes in razor-close presidential runoff
Ecuadorans vote Sunday in a too-close-to-call presidential election pitting the incumbent, security hawk Daniel Noboa, against a charismatic leftist challenger.
Ecuador: President Daniel Noboa plays re-election, rival Luisa Gonzalez hopes revenge
Ecuadorians elect their president this Sunday, April 13th. The election is expected to be very close in Ecuador, in an increasingly polarized society and a country undermined by the violence of criminal groups linked to drug trafficking, corruption and economic difficulties.


Ecuador elects president in a tight second round with Noboa dotted by reports of drug trafficking and embezzlement
A divided Ecuador chooses this Sunday between Luisa González (Citizen Revolution, the party of former president Rafael Correa) and Daniel Noboa (Nationalist Democratic Action), supported in campaign by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, with the lack of security as one of the main concerns of the electorateDiego Borja, candidate for vice president of Ecuador: “It is indispensable that the left has international projection” Ecuadorians will have to choose on Sun…
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