Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa won the country’s presidential election on Sunday based on preliminary results, an electoral official said, as his main rival demanded a recount of the vote following a race overshadowed by drug-fueled violence that has consumed the once-peaceful South American country.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, a conservative young millionaire, helds the lead in early returns from Ecuador's presidential runoff. Results from the National Electoral Council gave Noboa 56.8% of