Incumbent President Rafael Correa, of the PAIS Alliance, had already served two terms and was ineligible for reelection. In the first round of presidential elections, PAIS Alliance candidate Lenín Moreno received 39% of the vote. Although he was more than 10% ahead of his nearest rival, Guillermo Lasso of the Creating Opportunities party, he was short of the 40% threshold required to avoid a run-off, and a second round was held on 2 April.[13] In the second round Moreno was elected president with 51.16% of the vote;[14][15] the National Electoral Council announced on 13 April that it would recount all ballots contested by both parties (accounting to about 10% of the total vote),[16] after which Moreno was awarded an additional 1,594 votes and retained his majority.[17]