Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa won the country’s presidential election on Sunday based on preliminary results, an electoral official said, as his main rival demanded a recount of the vote following a race overshadowed by drug-fueled violence that has consumed the once-peaceful South American country.

Ecuador's national electoral council on Sunday declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of the country's presidential race, after he held a steady and unexpectedly wide 12-point lead over leftist Luisa Gonzalez throughout the count.

An unexpected victory for Daniel Noboa has prompted allegations of 'grotesque electoral fraud' from his leftist rival Luisa GonzAlez Ecuador's national electoral council on Sunday declared President Daniel Noboa the winner of the country's presidential race,