QUITO—A leftist ally of President Rafael Correa and a former banker were neck and neck in Ecuador’s presidential election on Sunday, with two exit polls projecting different winners.
Final results could take days, the electoral council has warned, in a race that could extend a decade of leftist rule or usher in more business-friendly policies in the oil-rich Andean country.
Conservative challenger Guillermo Lasso had 53.02 percent of votes versus 46.98 percent for government-backed Lenin Moreno, exit poll Cedatos showed on Sunday afternoon.
A separate exit poll by Perfiles de Opinion showed Moreno with 52.2 percent of the vote versus 47.8 percent for Lasso.
Socialist candidate Lenin Moreno casts his vote during the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador on April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
