As of 9:40am Eastern:
As reported yesterday, early results showed opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso as the winner of yesterday’s presidential election, while later in the evening the CNE (National Election Council) declared Lenín Moreno as winning the preliminary count.
The CNE website is now up, showing as of the writing of this post:
Lasso 48.8% with 4,813,217 votes
Moreno 51.16% with 5,0142,295
However, last night the CNE’s results showed otherwise. Argentinian journalist Jorge Lanata tweeted a screen capture showing Lasso ahead on total votes and Moreno ahead by 2+ percentage points, with the comment,
“#IMustSay ECUADOR is the first country where 4,621,654 voters equals 48.93%. And 4,523,513 equals 51.07%. #Fraud”
#DeboDecir ECUADOR es el primer PAÍS donde 4.621.654 de votantes da 48,93%. Y 4.523.513 da 51,07%.#Fraude ✌️✌️ #NavarroEnC5N #1A
👇👇👇👇😳😳 pic.twitter.com/ACeQdiURUq
— Lanata para Todos (@lanatoparatodos) April 3, 2017
Lasso tweeted a screen capture, “This is only one example of the records showing inconsistencies. They’ve switched their votes for ours.”
Este es solo un ejemplo de actas que demuestran inconsistencias. Han cambiado sus votos por los nuestros. pic.twitter.com/soFgCgc3y7
— Guillermo Lasso (@LassoGuillermo) April 3, 2017
Also last night AP reported
Thousands of outraged supporters of opposition Ecuadorean presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso shouted “fraud” and broke through metal barricades to almost reach the entrance of the electoral council’s headquarters in Quito before being pushed back by police. A similar scuffle took place outside the electoral offices in Guayaquil.
The WSJ this morning,
With 95% of the votes counted late Sunday, Mr. Moreno had 51.11% support, compared with 48.89% for Guillermo Lasso, the national electoral council said on its website. It has yet to officially announce a winner.
A quick count by Participacion Ciudadana, a Quito-based nongovernment organization that promotes democracy, said there was a technical tie between the candidates.
Here’s this morning’s press conference,
¡En vivo! https://t.co/ZqgY6l0eRC
— Guillermo Lasso (@LassoGuillermo) April 3, 2017