Ecuador's president suggests election was rigged

It would appear as though allegations of election fraud by the president is not something that only happens in America over the battle for the White House.

According to Breitbart, "President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa claimed on Tuesday that there were “many irregularities” in Sunday’s 2025 general elections, in which he narrowly defeated establishment socialist candidate Luisa González in the first round."

Ecuador recently held a general election to choose the next president, vice president, and members of their National Assembly for the next four years.

The first round of the presidential election featured 16 candidates, but the two biggest players were current incumbent President Noboa and Luisa González, " a socialist lawyer and protégée of former president and fugitive convicted felon Rafael Correa."

Recent results for the first round show that Noboa scored 44.18% of the vote compared to González’s 43.95%.

If Noboa had achieved at least 50% of the votes in the first round, he would not have had to participate in a special election.

Exit polls showed that Noboa was expected to clear the 50% threshold, but the actual results surprisingly did not reflect that.

After the election, Noboa gave an interview in which he said there were "irregularities" in the election process and said that he was in possession of "evidence" that proved he should have won with a higher figure.

"There have been many irregularities and we were still counting. We were still checking in certain provinces that there were things that did not add up or even did not add up with the [Organization of American States] quick count, which put us with a higher figure, the work is still not finished," Noboa claimed.

Neither President Noboa nor his party have publicly presented the evidence at the time of writing.

The Organization of American States (OAS) released a response to Noboa's claims.

They said that the final results "coincide" with their data.

Additionally, the OAS added that it "has not identified or received indications of widespread irregularities that could alter the results of the election."