Ecuador vote recount confirms Moreno as election winner

[Judi Lynn]

Wed Apr 19, 2017 | 4:12pm IST
Ecuador vote recount confirms Moreno as election winner


A recount of more than 1.2 million votes in Ecuador late Tuesday confirmed leftist candidate Lenin Moreno the winner of presidential elections, the country's electoral council said.

In the recount, Moreno, 64, obtained 51.16 percent of valid votes with Lasso at 48.84 percent - 1,594 votes more for Moreno than in the original April 2 count.

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