SANTIAGO, 3 April (BelTA - Anadolu Agency) - Ecuador on Sunday elected Lenin Moreno as the country's new president, according to the CNE electoral agency.
With 94 percent of the ballots counted, the leftist government candidate managed 51 percent of the vote while former banker Guillermo Lasso had just shy of 49 percent.
“Thanks to the millions of Ecuadorians who supported us. Today democracy won, today Ecuador won,” Moreno wrote on Twitter.
Approximately 13 million Ecuadorians went to the polls to choose the successor to President Rafael Correa who has been in power since 2006
Moreno will be sworn in May 24.
