Ecuador election goes into run-off with Arauz in the lead
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image captionAndrés Arauz, the leading candidate, accompanied his 106-year-old grandmother to the polls
Left-wing economist Andrés Arauz has won the first round of Ecuador s presidential election with about 32% of the vote - not enough for an outright victory, preliminary results show.
The run-off is scheduled for 11 April.
It is not clear at this point whom Mr Arauz will face in the second round as indigenous leader Yaku Pérez and conservative banker Guillermo Lasso are neck-and-neck.
With about 95% of vote counted, they were drawn with 19.7% each.
Full officials results of Sunday s election are expected to take days, especially as the candidates are likely to demand a manual recount.
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