Ecuador | Polls closed with 83% of registered voters exercising their right - video Dailymotion

To go deep into all the details on this election day, we contact our special envoy in Ecuador, Jorge Gestoso. teleSUR

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00:00And to go deep into all the details on this day, we contact our special envoy in Quito, Ecuador, Jorge Gestoso.

00:06Hi Jorge, what are the latest informations at this hour? What can you share with us?

00:21Well, there's a lot of expectations at this moment here in...

00:25...90 minutes already that the...

00:31...everybody is waiting for...

00:35...supposed to be published approximately in an hour.

00:40So, basically, what is called the National Electoral Council, the Consejo Nacional Electoral, CNE,

00:51has promised that it is processing all the data,

00:56that the information is flowing according to their version with no surprises.

01:03But, most definitely, there's a lot of expectations to see how it's going to be handled,

01:10how it's going to be presented, the results, and what are going to be the results.

01:16If you want, maybe the highlights at this point is that the National Electoral Council has confirmed

01:24that 83% of the people who were allowed to vote did so.

01:32That's about the same percentage of previous electors.

01:36And that's a good indication of the people who have been very much involved in the process.

01:42The three most, if you want, the leading candidates, we're talking about Luisa González,

01:49the leftist candidate from Progressive Revolución Ciudadana,

01:56she and the candidate who is a president, Daniel Novoa,

02:02and the third one in the polls, in terms of intention of the vote,

02:07we're talking about Leonidas Issa from Pachacuti, the Indian indigenous movement,

02:13are here in Quito, in their central command headquarters, waiting for the results.

02:21So, the three of them have moved from different parts of the country that were voting to Quito to wait for that.

02:29We have listened already around here that we're in downtown Quito.

02:36Music, there's a mood of partying, of celebration, of celebrating this electoral, if you want, feast.

02:49And this, according to many, many analysts, a clear turning point in the history of Ecuador,

02:59what is going to be the results that are going to be announced once again in the coming hour or so.

03:06We get back to you now.

03:13Thank you. Thank you, Justozo, for all the first-hand information.

03:17And we, for sure, will keep in contact for all the details of this event.