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Ecuador's ruling party candidate leads presidential runoff: National Electoral Council

Xinhua, April 3, 2017 Adjust font size:

Ecuadorian ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno leads the presidential runoff on Sunday over rival Guillermo Lasso, a conservative former banker.

According to results released by National Electoral Council, with 94.18 percent of the total votes counted, Moreno had 51.07 percent of the vote against 48.93 percent for the opposition candidate Lasso.

Both sides declared victory in Ecuador's presidential runoff earlier on Sunday, as contradictory exit polls placed both in the lead.

In the capital Quito, Moreno, of the ruling progressive PAIS Alliance, told supporters that while on the campaign trail, "we already sensed the considerable advantage we were going to have. That is why we proclaimed this victory before, because we were in touch with the people."

Lasso, speaking in the southwestern coastal city of Guayaquil, his hometown, announced to his supporters: "Today a new Ecuador has been born. Democracy, liberty and valor have won, you have won, Ecuador has won."

According to polling firm Perfiles de Opinion, Moreno garnered 52.2 percent of the votes versus 47.8 percent for Lasso.

However, another pollster, Cedatos-Gallup, said its survey showed Lasso secured 53.02 percent of the votes, against 46.98 percent for Moreno. Endi