See the elections taking place in Latin America this year. This post will be updated with outcomes as the elections are completed.

Ecuador

DATE OF ELECTION February 9. No presidential candidate won a majority of the vote, so a runoff election will now be held on April 13.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. Ecuador is electing its president, 151 assembly members and five Andean parliamentarians.

Incumbent president Daniel Noboa, a center-right politician of the National Democratic Action (ADN), is running for re-election following his victory in the 2023 special election. Former Assemblywoman Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution Movement (RC) party is Mr. Noboa’s primary challenger. She is a left-leaning candidate handpicked by the powerful self-exiled former president, Rafael Correa, who served from 2007 to 2017. Mr. Noboa defeated Ms. González in the 2023 special election.

The 2025 general election will also elect members of the National Assembly to a full four-year term. The recently expanded 151-seat National Assembly will run concurrently with the first round of the presidential election and all elected officials will begin a four-year term in May 2025.

OUTCOME In the Feb. 9 election, Daniel Noboa narrowly placed ahead of Luisa González in the first round, but no candidate won a majority, and as such, a runoff will now be held on April 13, 2025.

Figures released by Ecuador’s National Electoral Council showed that Noboa received 44.31% of the vote, while González received 43.83% of the vote. To win outright, a candidate needed 50% of the vote or at least 40% with a 10-point lead over the closest challenger.

Mr. Noboa has claimed irregularities in the first round of the election, but both the National Electoral Council and OAS Electoral Observation Mission have not “identified nor received any indication of widespread irregularities that could alter the election results… [and] the results therefore indicate that there will be a second round of voting.”

The election results for the parliamentary races were similarly closely divided with González’s RC party controlling 64 seats to Noboa’s ADN party with 66 seats. 76 votes are required for a majority, so the next legislature will feature important coalitions that will be crucial in either being in favor of or in opposition to either a Noboa or González administration.

RECENT IMMIGRATION NEWS The Ecuadorean government recently announced the launch of a new electronic visa system for tourism, investment or family reunification purposes. Officials said that the portal may also be utilized for individuals who wish to invest in the country or meet with family and to file all in-country initial or renewal visa applications.

Scheduled electric power outages throughout the country last Sept. 2024 have impacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which processes all in country immigration applications and have led to delays or rescheduled appointments.

More detailed information and requirements for visas in Ecuador can be found at Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs  and Human Mobility website and the Embassy of Ecuador website.

Bolivia

DATE OF ELECTION August 17.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. Bolivia is electing its president, vice president, members of the Chamber of Deputies and members of the Chamber of Senators.

Argentina

DATE OF ELECTION October 26.

TYPE OF ELECTION Legislative election. This is a midterm election to elect half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a third of the seats in the Senate, as the country faces one of its worst economic declines in recent years.

Argentine President Javier Milei recently launched his own political party, and winning the 2025 elections would give Mr. Milei’s libertarian La Libertad Avanza (Liberty Advances) party power in Congress. The party currently is a minority in both chambers of Congress, hindering its legislative and policy efforts.

Chile

DATE OF ELECTION November 16. A second round will take place on December 14 if no first-round candidate wins more than 50% plus one of the vote.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. The incumbent president, Gabriel Boric, who helms the left-wing Broad Front coalition, is barred from running for a second consecutive term. The ruling coalition is yet to select its presidential candidate.

Honduras

DATE OF ELECTION November 30.

TYPE OF ELECTION General election. Honduras is electing its president, members of the National Congress and 20 members of the Central American Parliament.