Conservative Candidate Keiko Fujimori Wins Peru’s Presidential Election in a Runoff
Fujimori won 50.135% of the vote, according to election officials, and pledged to confront rising extortion and organized crime.
- On Friday, July 3, 2026, Peru's top election authority certified President-elect Keiko Fujimori as the winner of the presidential runoff election. She was photographed leaving her home in Lima following the announcement.
- Voters were primarily concerned with surging crime and extortion by violent organized crime gangs. The conservative candidate pledged to combat insecurity with an iron fist, driving support in the runoff.
- Figures released earlier this week showed 100% of ballots tallied, with Fujimori receiving 9,223,000 votes. Roberto earned over 9,173,000 votes in the runoff election.
- She will be Peru's ninth president when she takes office later this month, following 10 years of significant political turnover in the country.
- The president-elect is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, whose government defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but later faced corruption convictions.
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Mesec days after predsedniških volitvah v Peruju so Keiko Fujimori razglasili za zmagovalko. 51-year-old desničarska kandidatka je v drugem krogu prejela 50.1 odstotka glasov, njen levičarski tekmec Roberto Sánchez pa 49.9 odstotka – razlike je za 50,000 glasov.
Conservative Keiko Fujimori Wins Peru Presidency After Weeks Of Uncertainty
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent LIMA (Worthy News) – Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru’s presidential election Friday, nearly a month after the June 7 runoff, ending weeks of uncertainty in the deeply polarized South American nation of about 34 million people. The 51-year-old daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori secured 50.135 percent of the vote, narrowly d…
Lima. Right-wing Keiko Fujimori was proclaimed yesterday president-elect of Peru by the electoral tribunal of that country for the next five years, after winning in a second round, on June 7, the progressive Roberto Sánchez, in his fourth attempt to head the government.
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