QUITO - Daniel Noboa, the incumbent president of Ecuador, was re-elected in the second round of the presidential election held Sunday for a four-year term, according to the initial results released by the National Electoral Council. 

Noboa held a steady and unexpectedly wide 12-point lead over opponent Luisa Gonzalez throughout the count.

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With nearly 93 percent of ballot boxes counted, Noboa had 55.8 percent of votes, compared to Gonzalez's 44.1 percent, a difference of more than one million votes.

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The results were a sharp contrast to the February first round, where Noboa finished just 16,746 votes ahead of Gonzalez.

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"We inform the Ecuadorean people that with more than 90 percent of the ballot boxes processed nationally there is an irreversible trend in the second round of voting," Diana Atamaint, the head of the national electoral council said in a statement to the press. "The winning duo is Daniel Noboa Azin and (vice-president-elect) Maria Jose Pinto."

Meanwhile Noboa, a 37-year-old business heir, said in remarks from the beach town of Olon that there was no doubt about his victory as he thanked supporters.