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Ecuador presidential election count sees Luisa Gonzalez in lead – BBC News


Left-winger Luisa Gonzalez is leading in Ecuador’s presidential election, which has been overshadowed by the assassination of one of the candidates.

With nearly 80% of the votes counted, electoral officials say Ms Gonzalez has 33%, while her closest rival Daniel Noboa, a businessman and from the is on 24%.

The top two candidates will now go into a run-off on 15 October.

Some 100,000 police and soldiers were deployed to protect Sunday’s first round of voting.

It follows the assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio on 9 August.

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