A lawyer with limited political experience, Luisa González is vying for Ecuador’s presidency for a second time.

Ecuador's presidential election will go to a second round after a closely contested first-round result failed to produce an outright winner. The electoral authorities called it a "technical tie" after the incumbent centre-right candidate,

An April presidential run-off in Ecuador will pit incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist Luisa Gonzalez, in an unexpectedly tight contest featuring the same two candidates who were in a 2023 snap election.