QUITO (Reuters) -An April presidential run-off in Ecuador will pit incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist Luisa Gonzalez, in an unexpectedly tight contest featuring the same two candidates who were in a 2023 snap election.
Most polls had predicted Noboa, the 37-year-old heir to a business fortune, would win, with some even predicting an outright victory in a single round. But he was less than a point ahead of Gonzalez on Sunday with the two headed for a run-off, which could give the role of kingmakers to the candidates in third and fourth place.
