who has won the 2017 ecuador presidential election
Lenín Moreno
title: 2017 Ecuadorian general election text: 2017 Ecuadorian general election General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens. Voters elected a new President and National Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance was not eligible for re-election, having served two terms. In the first round of the presidential elections, PAIS Alliance candidate Lenín Moreno received 39% of the vote. Although he was more than 10% ahead of his nearest rival, Guillermo Lasso of the Creating Opportunities party, Moreno was just short of the 40% threshold required to avoid a run-off. As a result, a second round title: Lenín Moreno text: Lenín Moreno Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (; born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who is the President of Ecuador, in office since 2017. He was Vice President from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa. He was nominated as the candidate for Correa's center-left PAIS Alliance in the 2017 presidential election and won a narrow victory in Ecuador's second round of voting on 2 April 2017. Moreno was shot in 1998 in a robbery attempt and thereafter has used a wheelchair. For his advocacy for people with disabilities, he was nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. title: 2017 Ecuadorian general election text: 10% of the total vote. Moreno also led the vote after recount of some of the votes, increasing the number of votes obtained by 1,594. The National Assembly makes up the legislative branch of Ecuadorean government. These elected officials have the power to pass laws, while judges of the national court of justice are chosen by a separate judicial council. 2017 Ecuadorian general election General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens. Voters elected a new President and National Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance was not eligible for title: 2017 Ecuadorian general election text: was held on 2 April. In the second round Moreno was elected President with 51.16% of the vote. Following nearly a decade of political volatility in Ecuador that was characterized by impeachments, economic crises, and public unrest, Raphael Correa, the nation’s previous president, began his ascendance to power. During his 2006 campaign Correa established the PAIS Alliance, a coalition of leftist organizations that is the same party of current president Lenin Moreno. Lenin Moreno previously served as Correa’s vice president. Throughout his campaign and during his presidency Correa mobilized populist rhetoric to gain support, framing himself in opposition to the title: 2017 Ecuadorian general election text: and be 10% ahead of their nearest rival to be elected in the first round. The President is limited to two consecutive four-year terms. The 137 members of the National Assembly were elected by three methods : 15 were elected from a nationwide constituency, 116 were elected in 31 districts (21 corresponding to the 21 smallest provinces and 10 within the 3 largest provinces, range 2-6 seats per district), and six elected from three two-member constituencies representing Ecuadorians living overseas. Elections are by open list proportional representation (every voter can vote for as many candidates as there are seats to