The Left Economist Andres Arauz and the former right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso They will contest the presidency of Ecuador in a ballot on April 11, as anticipated by two exit polls released after the closure of the polling stations this Sunday.
Arauz, the dolphin of former socialist president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), achieved between 34.9% and 36.2% of the votes and Lasso between 21% and 21.7%, according to the surveys of the companies Cedatos and Clima Social, which places the indigenous leader Yaku Pérez in third place.
Pérez, also from the left but opposed to correísmo, won between 16.7% and 18% of the support.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) plans to release a quick count on Sunday night.
Lasso leads the opposition to correísmo and was a finalist in the 2017 presidential election, in which he lost by two points to the now unpopular president Lenín Moreno, who will conclude his government on May 24.
In Sunday’s elections, in which the 137 members of the unicameral National Assembly were also appointed, a record 16 presidential candidates participated.
