Ecuadoreans likely rejected a government-backed referendum to allow extraditions for drug crimes and other charges, preliminary results on Monday showed, while voters in the country's two largest cities backed mayoral candidates from embattled former President Rafael Correa's political movement.
But the 'no' vote on the measure was leading with 53.23%, according to the electoral authority, versus 46.77% for the 'yes' side with nearly 67% of ballot boxes counted.
Another reform to give the attorney general more autonomy to choose prosecutors also looked unlikely to pass, with 58.33% of votes against after 58% of the count had been tabulated. Voters in Quito, the capital, elected Pabel Munoz, a member of Correa's political movement, as mayor, while Correista candidate Aquiles Alvarez won in Guayaquil, ousting the Social Christian party after three decades of control of the mayoralty, according to data from the electoral court with more than 90% of the tally sheets.
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