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Ecuador
Date:15 October 2006 (run-off: 26 November)
What was elected: President and congress
Term: 4 years
Outgoing president: Alfredo Palacio (interim)
Situation: Leftist Rafael Correa is set for victory, promising wide reforms.
With nearly half the votes counted, Mr Correa had 68% of the vote while his conservative rival Alvaro Noboa polled about 32%.
Mr Correa opposes a free trade deal with the US and has promised to close a United States military base in Ecuador.
Ecuador is electing its eighth leader in a decade of political turbulence. Three of them have been ousted by angry crowds.
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