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Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

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The contest, set for April 13 , will be a repeat of the October 2023 snap election that earned Daniel Noboa a 16-month presidency.

With 80% of ballots tallied, Noboa received more than 3.71 million votes, or 44.43% .

Noboa and González are now vying for a full four-year term.

The spike in violence across the South American country is tied to the trafficking of cocaine in neighboring Colombia and Peru .

University of the Americas professor Maria Cristina Bayas said Sunday 's result was “a triumph’ for Correa 's party.

Pre-election polls projected a wider difference between Noboa and González .

Noboa will be forced to reengineer his campaign at the risk that he may have already reached his vote ceiling.