2021 Ecuadorian general election

A general election was held in Ecuador on 7 February 2021, the date for the first round of the presidential election, and also a vote about mining in Cuenca.^[2][3]

2021 Ecuadorian general election

← 2017 7 February 2021 (first round) 11 April 2021 (second round) 2023 →
Registered	First round: 13,099,150[1] 2.2%
Turnout	First round: 10,616,412 (81.05%) 0.58% Second round: 80.99%
Presidential election
Candidate Guillermo Lasso Andrés Arauz Party Creating Opportunities Union for Hope Alliance CREO-PSC UNES Running mate Alfredo Borrero Vega Carlos Rabascall Popular vote 4,414,221 3,996,872 Percentage 52.48% 47.52%
President before election Lenín Moreno PAIS Alliance Elected President Guillermo Lasso CREO

Incumbent president Lenín Moreno, who has held the office since his victory over Guillermo Lasso in 2017, is not seeking reelection.^[4]

Early results showed that Andrés Arauz was leading, but not enough to avoid a second round. Guillermo Lasso advanced to the run-off after coming in second place, beating Yaku Pérez Guartambel.^[5]

Former president Lucio Gutiérrez also ran in the election as a member of the Sociedad Patriótica party.^[6]

The second round was held on April 11, with Lasso defeated Arauz.^[7] Lasso will be inaugurated on May 24, 2021.

Results

First round by province

Province	Aráuz	Lasso	Pérez	Hervas	Freile	Romero	Gutiérrez	Almeida	Peña	Celi	Velasco	Montúfar	Larrea	Sagnay	Andrade	Carrasco
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Azuay Province	21.01	14.14	42.14	15.07	2.51	0.55	0.59	0.88	1.00	0.27	0.39	0.47	0.23	0.13	0.16	0.49
Bolívar	14.00	13.73	47.92	12.51	1.22	0.92	4.58	0.87	0.81	0.90	0.45	0.61	0.43	0.23	0.64	0.18
Cañar	23.23	12.02	44.05	13.41	1.36	0.55	1.25	0.77	0.94	0.28	0.36	0.50	0.67	0.14	0.33	0.14
Carchi	20.42	16.71	20.67	28.22	6.66	0.87	1.50	0.41	1.99	0.33	0.90	0.48	0.34	0.17	0.16	0.18
Chimborazo	16.90	14.95	41.55	15.74	2.17	0.98	2.30	1.18	1.10	0.47	0.55	0.90	0.34	0.29	0.29	0.28
Cotopaxi	18.58	11.25	43.75	14.98	2.70	0.78	2.55	0.82	1.17	0.69	0.73	0.73	0.51	0.21	0.28	0.28
El Oro	36.83	17.73	14.42	20.79	0.94	2.82	0.83	1.78	1.56	0.37	0.60	0.37	0.34	0.28	0.20	0.15
Esmeraldes	44.27	20.84	12.34	9.12	0.71	1.35	1.19	2.70	2.38	0.75	1.01	0.58	1.67	0.53	0.33	0.25
Galápagos	24.09	33.71	16.27	15.31	1.83	1.66	0.73	2.06	0.76	1.49	0.64	0.55	0.10	0.06	0.51	0.21
Guayas	41.82	25.27	8.73	9.94	0.97	3.08	2.00	3.19	1.69	0.70	1.04	0.42	0.37	0.38	0.22	0.18
Imbabura	29.38	17.16	22.39	18.54	4.87	0.94	1.26	0.63	1.53	0.39	0.98	0.87	0.37	0.26	0.22	0.20
Loja	19.04	17.24	30.48	26.33	1.25	0.69	1.33	0.80	0.74	0.38	0.35	0.55	0.24	0.21	0.18	0.19
Los Ríos	46.83	15.24	12.07	9.04	0.68	4.97	3.03	1.99	2.96	0.66	0.63	0.43	0.50	0.50	0.29	0.18
Manabí	52.22	14.74	6.05	12.57	0.70	1.88	1.12	1.24	2.44	4.41	0.94	0.40	0.45	0.37	0.25	0.23
Morona Santiago	16.32	9.61	52.00	15.30	0.59	0.24	2.32	0.50	0.64	0.94	0.46	0.47	0.23	0.12	0.16	0.10
Napo	13.59	17.18	43.90	12.86	0.97	0.46	8.00	0.65	0.45	0.46	0.41	0.53	0.19	0.11	0.12	0.12
Orellana	25.83	12.04	34.02	15.05	1.02	2.40	5.01	1.05	1.21	0.27	0.60	0.62	0.32	0.19	0.16	0.20
Pastaza	14.38	17.33	40.68	17.78	1.40	0.55	3.61	0.94	0.76	0.81	0.46	0.50	0.30	0.09	0.23	0.18
Pichincha	22.53	25.86	16.71	23.25	4.60	0.89	1.24	0.91	0.87	0.36	0.82	1.14	0.30	0.15	0.16	0.19
Santa Elena	42.77	13.96	14.86	12.36	1.11	2.37	0.75	4.82	3.10	0.62	1.48	0.43	0.45	0.42	0.29	0.24
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province	35.93	17.38	16.20	17.93	1.74	1.67	1.75	1.18	2.50	0.82	1.07	0.59	0.56	0.27	0.22	0.21
Sucumbíos	34.92	8.23	37.01	11.76	0.88	0.74	2.95	0.56	1.05	0.39	0.52	0.37	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.15
Tungurahua	12.06	18.40	32.28	23.53	3.99	1.03	3.03	1.53	0.86	0.71	0.92	0.72	0.26	0.23	0.21	0.24
Zamora Chinchipe	16.88	12.53	40.03	24.80	0.64	0.39	1.13	0.80	0.60	0.36	0.31	0.59	0.26	0.28	0.15	0.26
Europe, Asia & Oceania	47.97	12.06	18.32	10.09	1.89	2.59	0.90	1.74	1.42	0.58	0.54	0.69	0.28	0.42	0.29	0.24
Latin America & Africa	35.41	36.18	10.03	6.33	1.40	2.20	0.79	1.50	1.39	0.71	0.80	1.44	0.97	0.33	0.34	0.18
USA & Canada	36.09	27.23	24.05	5.93	1.06	0.96	0.65	0.71	1.03	0.69	0.31	0.51	0.32	0.20	0.09	0.16
Total	32.72	19.74	19.38	15.68	2.08	1.86	1.78	1.73	1.54	0.91	0.82	0.62	0.40	0.29	0.22	0.21
Sources: CNE Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

National Assembly

← Summary of the 7 February 2021 National Assembly election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	National	Provincial	Abroad	Total	+/−
	Union for Hope	2,584,579	32.21	new	5	40	4	49	+49
	Pachakutik	1,348,595	16.81	+14.14	3	23	1	27	+23
	Democratic Left	961,424	11.98	+8.21	2	16	0	18	+14
	Social Christian Party	780,499	9.73	–6.17	2	16	0	18	+3
	Creating Opportunities1	774,185	9.65	n/a	2	9	1	12	–14
	Alliance Honesty (MC-PSE)	301,426	3.76	new	1	1	0	2	+2
	PAIS Alliance	222,061	2.77	–36.30	0	0	0	0	–74
	Movement United Ecuador	166.908	2.08	new	0	2	0	2	+2
	Avanza	154,535	1.93	–0.22	0	2	0	2	+2
	Patriotic Society Party	145,396	1.81	–1.13	0	1	0	1	–1
	Popular Unity	139.961	1.74	+0.14	0	0	0	0	–
	SUMA1	135,020	1.68	n/a	0	0	0	0	–8
	Movement Democracy Yes!	84,240	1.05	new	0	1	0	1	+1
	Fuerza Ecuador	70,876	0.88	–3.87	0	0	0	0	–1
	Ecuadorian Union	59,112	0.74	–0.05	0	1	0	1	+1
	Movement Build 25	57,742	0.72	new	0	1	0	1	+1
	Juntos Podemos	37,446	0.47	new	0	0	0	0	–
	Independents and Regionalists	–	–	–	–	3	0	3	–
Total		7,717,442			15	116	6	137	±0
Valid votes		7,717,442	74.86	–15.44
Invalid votes		2,591,132	25.14	+15.44
Votes cast / turnout		10,616,412	81.05	–0.58
Abstentions		2,490,452	18.95	+0.58
Registered voters		13,099,150
Sources: CNE Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine