Encouraging second round results

ECUADOR - In Brief 11 Apr 2021 by Magdalena Barreiro
When 93.46% of votes have been counted --from which just 4% seem to have problems, Guillermo Lasso leads the election with 52.72% of votes while Andres Arauz has 47.28%. Lasso wins in all Andean and Amazon Provinces (except Sucumbios), while Arauz dominates in the coastal region (except Galapagos). This trend will be very hard to revert and we think that it will stabilize at 4% to 5% difference between the two candidates.The results of the first round placed UNE --Arauz's party as the first electoral force in the National Assembly with close to 50 votes, the abovementioned expected triumph would provide Lasso with an important political capital to achieve an agreement with Pachakutik (second electoral force) and Izquierda Democratica (third electoral force). Such an agreement might imply that the next president of the Assembly could come from Pachakutik, while one of the two vice-presidents could be elected from Izquierda Democratica.

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