Ecuador: According to exit results, correista Luisa González leads preferences

After the polls closed in Ecuadorthe results were disseminated by word of mouth, prepared by Corpmont Marketing y Publicidad Corpmontpubli SA

was the channel RTS the one released its unofficial results of the anticipated presidential and legislative elections on August 20, reported El Universo.

Of the four legal persons and one natural person that were qualified by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to carry out exit polls, better known as exit pollonly a legal one did them.

The other legal entities were Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Especializados Centroinvest Cía. Ltda. (for the presidential and legislative elections and the popular consultations of Yasuní and Chocó Andino); ; Click Research; and Center for Studies and Data Cedatos. The natural person was Luis Esteban Lapo.

According to him exit poll (a bica de urna) the candidates are located as follows:

• Luisa González, from the Citizen Revolution movement, list 5, had 32.81%
• Daniel Noboa 20.46%, from the ADN alliance, lists 4-35
• Jan Topic of the alliance For a country without Fear, lists 6-3-1, with 18.29%
• Christian Zurita, from Construye, list 25, with 13.69%
• Otto Sonnenholzner, of the Let’s Act alliance, lists 8-23, with 7.78%
• Yaku Pérez, from the Claro que se puede alliance, lists 2-17-20, with 4.93%
• Bolívar Armijos, from the Friend movement, list 16, with 1.1%
• Xavier Hervas, from RETO, list 33, with 0.93%

without incident

The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador confirmed this Sunday that 82.26% of voters registered for the presidential and legislative elections this Sunday came to exercise that right, which represents an abstention of 17.74%.

The president of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, in a press conference after the closure of the polling stations, and after remarking that “not a single incident” occurred during voting day, insisted that the influx of voters to the polling stations in the national territory “has remained in the historical range,” reported the EFE Agency.

“We congratulate the Ecuadorian people for going to the polls en masse to decide who will be the new authorities” of the country, remarked Atamaint, who extended his thanks to the nearly 90,000 police and military personnel who provided security during the day.