Ecuador presidential race likely headed for runoff

‘Ecuador’s presidential election may be heading toward a runoff as neither of the two leading candidates has garnered enough votes for an outright win so far.
Results from almost 80 percent of the votes counted indicated on Monday that neither the radical leftist candidate Lenin Moreno nor the ex-banker Guillermo Lasso from the Conservative right had enough votes in the first round to become the South American country’s president.
The electoral council said Moreno had received 38.83 percent of the votes, versus the 28.63 percent for Lasso.
Moreno needs 40 percent of the votes and a 10-percentage-point difference with Lasso to avoid a runoff vote, already scheduled for April 2.
But Moreno has said he has faith he will reach the 40-percent threshold.’
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