Ecuador Elections 2021: Everything you need to know about the presidential elections of this April 11

Election day to elect the next president of Ecuador will be next Sunday. Among the rules to be able to vote are wearing a mask and carrying a black or blue pen.

The winning team will take office on May 24, 2021 and will be in office until 2025. Voting is mandatory for people between 18 and 64 years of age. It is optional for: minors under 18 and over 65, people on active duty in the Armed Forces and the National Police, people with disabilities, foreigners residing in the country registered in the electoral registry, and illiterate people.

Unlike the first round when the presidential binomial, the assembly members and representatives of the Andean Parliament were elected, this Sunday you will only go to choose, between the candidates Andrés Arauz of the Union for Hope movement and Guillermo Lasso for the CREO- Social Christian alliance, the new president of the country and his binomial. If you do not go to the polls, you will have to pay a fine of $ 40. If you have Covid-19 you must have a document that certifies you as positive for the disease so that you do not have to pay the fine. Once the scrutinies are closed, the CNE expects to have the first results at 7:00 p.m., based on more than 50% of the minutes. However, the law gives them, in principle, 10 days to announce the results. However, before May 24, the final results should already be known.