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On 15 October 2006 Ecuador held a general election. The voters stood to elect a new President a new National Congress as well as other positions. Since no candidate was able to secure the needed majority of the presidential vote in the first round a run-off election was held on 26 November. According to preliminary results published by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on 28 November Rafael Correa had a clear lead over Álvaro Noboa after 96% of the votes had been counted.
