QUITO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Progressive candidate Andres Arauz and indigenous leader Yaku Perez are leading in Ecuador's presidential election, the official quick count released by the National Electoral Council (CNE) showed late Sunday.
The results were announced by the president of the CNE, Diana Atamaint, four hours after the voting ended in the country.
The CNE quick count showed Arauz of the Union for Hope Alliance had won 31.5 percent of the votes, and Perez representing the Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement had won 20.04 percent of the votes.
Atamaint said the results were from a sample of 2,193 records, equivalent to 90.4 percent of the total 2,425 records selected for the quick count.
If these preliminary results are confirmed, Arauz and Perez will go on to a second round of presidential elections scheduled for April 11.
