Overview
- With about 73% of tally sheets counted, electoral authorities reported ‘No’ leading 61.6% on a Constituent Assembly, 60.55% on foreign bases, 58% on ending state party funding, and 53.4% on reducing legislators.
- More than 80% of the 13.9 million eligible voters participated, according to the National Electoral Council.
- President Daniel Noboa acknowledged the preliminary results and said he will continue governing with the tools at hand.
- Opposition leaders, including Rafael Correa and indigenous figure Yaku Pérez, characterized the vote as a repudiation of the government’s project.
- During the voting day, Noboa announced the capture in Europe of alleged Los Lobos leader Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarría Barré in a joint operation with Spanish and Ecuadorian police.