<P> Rafael Correa PAIS Alliance </P> <P> Lenin Moreno PAIS Alliance </P> <P> 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 was held on 2 April . In the second round Moreno was elected President with 51.16% of the vote . </P> <P> Following nearly a decade of political volatility in Ecuador that was characterized by impeachments, economic crises, and public unrest, Raphael Correa, the nation's current 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 that president - elect Lenin Moreno, Correa's vice president, ran under in the most recent presidential election . </P>

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