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,

The presidential candidate of the Correísmo movement, Luisa González, celebrated on Sunday the results of the first round of elections in Ecuador, calling it a "great victory," and expressed confidence that she would secure first place to face current president and re-election candidate,