Leftist lawyer leads as violence-hit Ecuador heads to run-off poll
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00:00 Leftist candidate Luisa Gonzalez celebrates, almost as if she's already won Ecuador's presidential
00:07 election.
00:08 "This is the first time in the history of Ecuador that a woman gets such a high percentage
00:16 of the votes in the first round, winning the election to be the president of the Republic
00:22 of Ecuador and leading the destiny of the homeland."
00:29 With around a third of the vote, the ally of former president Rafael Correa is not yet
00:34 president. She is now set for a run-off in October.
00:39 She'll face the son of a billionaire and former lawmaker Daniel Naboa, who, in a surprise,
00:44 came second, having not polled higher than a fifth.
00:48 "We have not yet achieved our objective, which is the presidency of the republic, but we've
00:57 made it to the second round, for which I congratulate my team."
01:05 As polls closed, the electoral authority said no violent incidents affected voting.
01:11 The election took place under the watch of tens of thousands of police and military officers
01:15 deployed across the country.
01:18 Amid soaring gang violence, a number of politicians were murdered during the campaign, including
01:23 presidential candidate Fernando Villa Vicencio, gunned down as he left a rally on the 9th
01:28 of August.
01:30 His replacement, Cristian Zurita, came in third place.
01:33 Con valencia!