In the run-up to the August 17 general elections, more than a dozen presidential pre-candidates promise to solve the economic crisis and remove MAS from government.
This electoral process is of crucial importance since, according to the Electoral Law, presidential elections are defined in the first round by a simple majority.
Although this is the first time since 2007 that the Citizen Revolution has reached the second round without starting in first place, it surpassed its voting ceiling, marking a shift in its electoral performance.
President Daniel Noboa and the candidate of Correísmo, Luisa González, have garnered more than 88.62% of the votes, making this election the most polarized first-round in Ecuador since the return to democracy.
In Ecuador, the lack of a consolidated political culture is reflected in low active participation, which reinforces a cycle of distrust and instability.
