Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa claimed, without evidence, that the first round of the country’s presidential race was rife with “irregularities” after he made it to the second round vote in April with a slim lead,

The Latin American country’s incumbent centre-right leader Daniel Noboa faces a tight race against left-wing challenger Luisa González.

Ecuador's presidential election will proceed to a second round runoff in April as no candidate seems to be able to win outright after more than 90 percent of the vote were counted. With 92.82 percent of the vote counted,