The 16 presidential candidates are intensifying their campaign activities these days when there are just three days to end this stage.
Luisa Gonzalez, candidate of Revolucion Ciudadana (Citizen’s Revolution), and incumbent President Daniel Noboa are leading in the polls and everything points to a possible run-off between them.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) informed that the electoral packages have already been sent to the overseas constituencies in Europe, Oceania, Asia, the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, where 456,485 Ecuadorians are registered.
The electoral institution also indicated that the distribution of electoral material has been completed in 17 of the 24 provinces, mainly those farthest from the capital. They are Galapagos, Sucumbios, Orellana, Pastaza, Morona Santiago, Zamora Chinchipe, Loja, and Santa Elena.
Some 57,000 police officers and 43,000 active duty and reserve military personnel will guard the polling stations.
The electoral campaign will come to a halt on Thursday, February 6.
More than 13.7 million Ecuadorians will vote on February 9 to elect the president, vice president, 151 members of Congress, and five others of the Andean Parliament.
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