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Ecuador's opposition disputes presidential poll win by right-wing incumbent Noboa
People lines to vote in the presidential election runoff in Pujili, Ecuador, April 13, 2025

ECUADOR’S main opposition party refused today to accept the result of Sunday’s presidential election.

The National Electoral Council said the incumbent, Daniel Noboa, a right-wing millionaire, had defeated the protegee of Ecuador’s most influential recent president Rafael Correa for a second time.

Mr Noboa is reported to have received 55.8 per cent of the vote while Luisa Gonzalez of left party Citizen Revolution won 44 per cent.

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