Fujimori Retakes Lead in Peru Runoff as Overseas Ballots Counted
Contested ballots and overseas votes are still under review, with electoral authorities saying the final count could take up to two weeks.
- On Monday, right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori extended her marginal lead over leftist rival Roberto Sanchez in Peru's presidential race. With 98.59% of ballots tallied, Fujimori holds 50.051% of the vote, separating her from Sanchez by over 18,300 votes.
- Peru's electoral board began reviewing contested ballots last Thursday following the recent runoff. Authorities rejected Sanchez's request to invalidate 400,000 overseas votes, which he claimed were transported with irregularities.
- Over the weekend, Sanchez visited the Andean region of Cusco, where he stated he had "suspicions" about the recount process. Supporters have marched in Lima, following his call to "defend the people's vote."
- Observation missions from the Organization of American States and the European Union confirmed the voting proceeded normally. Both groups urged the country to await the official tally, given the close results.
- Financial markets rebounded as Fujimori regained the lead, easing investor fears regarding Sanchez. The candidate is backed by former President Pedro Castillo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to dissolve Congress in late 2022.
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Since the democratic transitions of the 1990s, Latin America has rarely experienced a presidential contest as close as the one that confronts Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez in Peru, according to an analysis by the AFP.
Keiko Fujimori leads the count of the second round of the presidential elections, with 50.7% of the votes, but there are still a thousand minutes to be determined. Roberto Sanchéz points out irregularities in voting abroad.
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolConservative Keiko Fujimori was ahead on Monday of more than 18,000 votes against progressive Roberto Sánchez in the slow scrutiny of Peru's second presidential round.
The counting of thousands of contested votes in the recent presidential elections in Peru is progressing to an end today, while right-wing Keiko Fujimori extended her narrow advantage and leftist Roberto Sánchez and his supporters called for "defending the people's vote." Fujimori regained the lead in the vote in the middle of last week, driven by overseas votes, and obtained 50,051 percent of the votes against 49,949 percent of left-wing Robert…
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