In the 2013 presidential election, Lasso was placed second with 22.7% of the votes, having been endorsed also by the
Social Christian Party and the
Madera de Guerrero movement of
Guayaquil's mayor
Jaime Nebot. In the simultaneous election for the National Assembly, the party won 11.4% of the votes and 11 out of 137 seats. Hence, it is the major opposition force in parliament. In the 2014 local elections, CREO obtained 22 mayorships, including those of provincial capitals such as
Azogues,
Riobamba and
Tena, besides the Loja prefecture. In that same year, CREO lead the creation of "Ecuador Compromise" (
Compromiso Ecuador) formed by various opposition groups and guilds, including the Migrants Movement led by Luis Felipe Tilleria, and supported by several political figures from across the Ecuadorian political spectrum. The context of its creation was a government-sponsored project for a series of
constitutional amendments by the
National Assembly, which led to the opposition collective to unsuccessfully ask for a referendum on the matter, with special focus on the amendment that would pave the way for elected incumbents to seek indefinite reelection. In September 2016, CREO was admitted as member of the
Union of Latin American Parties, the regional subsidiary of the
International Democracy Union. For the
2017 general elections, Lasso and his movement agreed with the
SUMA Party to form the (
Alianza por el Cambio) to run on an anti-Correa platform, along with several other smaller groups. Lasso ran as a candidate again in the
2021 general election. In the first round, Lasso was slightly behind indigenous rights activist
Yaku Pérez Guartambel, but eventually garnered enough votes to secure a narrow second-place finish. Lasso would face
socialist and
Rafael Correa ally
Andrés Arauz. Lasso's victory was also seen as a win for free-market advocates in the country. President-elect Lasso finished second in the 2013 and 2017 presidential elections. On May 24, 2021, Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as the new President of Ecuador, becoming the country's first right-wing leader in 14 years. In 2023, Lasso left presidency. ==Election results==