[1] Incumbent right-wing[4] president Daniel Noboa narrowly placed ahead of leftist challenger Luisa González in the first round.

[2] In 2024, Ecuador faced a major security crisis when José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the criminal group Los Choneros, escaped from prison in Guayaquil on the day he was scheduled to be transferred to a maximum-security facility.

[15][16] However, Noboa is currently serving the remaining term of Guillermo Lasso, whose invoking of muerte cruzada resulted in the calling of the 2023 snap general election and the early conclusion of his presidency.

[18] The remaining 130 members are elected from multi-member constituencies by closed-list proportional representation, with all seats allocated using the Webster method.

On election day, the government deployed soldiers to secure polling booths while the country's land borders were closed.

[82] ● With 96.23% of ballots counted, preliminary results in the first round showed no candidate in the presidential election had won an outright majority, with Daniel Noboa receiving 44.15% of the vote, followed by Luisa González at 43.95%.

[83][84] After the results, ADN canceled a planned party celebration in a hotel in northern Quito, and Noboa did not give public declarations.

This announcement sparked significant controversy and accusations of fraud from officials of the Citizens Revolution Party, as this type of poll has a minimal margin of error.