Atamaint, the head of the electoral body, delivered a speech from the command post of the electoral body, in which he declared that "this electoral day has finished well, with a turnout of 80.74 percent."
The head of the electoral body mentioned that the overall number of participants is comparable to the historical figure that was recorded in the preceding election procedures.The president of the CNE stated that in order to expedite the process, the counting of the votes would be divided into two groups: the first group would count the ballots for mayors and prefects, and the second group would count the votes for the referendum, followed by the votes for the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council. This would allow the process to be completed more quickly.
He indicated that the sharing of the results would begin at approximately 19:00 (24:00 GMT), "depending on the number of candidates that the mayoral race has," and a half an hour later, the flow regarding the vote of the referendum is expected to begin. He said that the results would be shared "depending on the number of candidates that the mayoral race has."Enrique Pita, the vice president of the CNE, confessed that there was a hiccup in the process of Ecuadorians living abroad voting remotely, but he stated that the problem was "fixed in a few minutes."
The use of computers to cast ballots was available to 74% of the total 97,000 voters in 52 voting districts overseas.The adviser for the CNE, Josè Cabrera, brought up the fact that the audit could be observed via the internet as well as a mobile application for digital devices such smartphones.
He made the point that once the ballots were counted, a processing centre for the elections was set up in each of Ecuador's 24 provinces, and a special board was established outside the country.
