The central Sierra, Country Email List where most of the country's indigenous population lives. Far from winning in a single round, as the most optimistic views predicted, Arauz obtained seven points less than Moreno in the first round of 2017 (32.7% compared to 39.4% of the valid votes). In turn, Country Email List Moreno, a candidate anointed in 2017 by Correa, had obtained in his election 18 points less than the record set by Correa himself in 2013, Country Email List when he won in a single round with an overwhelming 57%. In summary, the first round of 2021 showed the worst electoral participation of Correismo in a decade.
The long interlude Country Email List between the first and second laps With almost 33% of the vote in the first round of the presidential elections, Arauz was in a clear advantage Country Email List over Lasso for the second round. The conservative candidate reached a modest 19.7% of the valid votes on February 7. Yaku Pérez had been in third place, outside the ballot, with 19.4% of the valid votes. The key question was whether those 13-point d Country Email List ifference between Arauz and Lasso could be overcome or if, on the contrary, all that remained was to wait for a victory for Correa's candidate.
Arauz's advantage was quite Country Email List visible, given Ecuador's electoral geography. Five provinces (of 24) concentrate more than 60% of the voters, and seven, more than 70%. Four of these first seven provinces are on the Coast and are territories where Correismo has always Country Email List obtained majority electoral support. In the first round of 2021, Arauz reached a considerable vote –37% in El Oro, his lowest percentage, and 52% in Manabí, the Country Email List best provincial performance of the correísta candidate–. In all these provinces, Arauz's distance from the candidate who came second in each of them was, on average, 25 percentage points. Lasso, for his part, had his.