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Peru faces presidential runoff as election count drags on after ballot delays
Logistical failures delayed results and forced a runoff after no candidate topped 50%, with Fujimori leading at 17% and López Aliaga at 15%, officials said.
- On Sunday, April 12, Peru's general election confirmed a runoff between Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular and Rafael López Aliaga of Renovación Popular scheduled for June 7, amid an institutional crisis that clouds the eventual mandate's legitimacy.
- The Office of National Electoral Processes failed to deliver ballot materials to 187 polling tables across southern Lima, disenfranchising more than 52,000 voters through contractor Servicios Generales Galaga, which had been sanctioned three times previously.
- Filing a criminal complaint against ONPE chief Piero Corvetto, López Aliaga labeled the situation "electoral fraud unique in the world," while legal analysts condemned the JNE's decision to reopen tables after exit polls had already circulated publicly.
- Restoring the Senate that Alberto Fujimori abolished in 1993, Peru elected a bicameral Congress for the first time in 34 years with 60 seats immune from presidential dissolution, designed to curb chronic congressional overreach.
- Whoever wins in June inherits a fragmented Congress facing thin mandates and openly contested credibility, as Peru has cycled through nine presidents in ten years, demonstrating systemic instability that undermines any electoral outcome.
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The Peruvians are still waiting for the results of the first round of the presidential election, which took place on Sunday 12 April. But the chaotic election day: 211 polling stations were unable to open and 63,000 voters could not vote until the next day. Thus, many Peruvians are weary of their country's political intrigues.
What happened in the elections "has not even been seen in the dictatorship of Maduro", accused the leader of extreme-right, urging the authorities to take responsibility for the organisation of the electoral process.
By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español. The vote count in Peru is progressing more slowly than in the two previous elections and without a concrete deadline for official results, amid a tight race among the candidates vying to join leader Keiko Fujimori in the runoff. The promise of having 60% of the votes counted by midnight quickly foundered amid logistical problems on Sunday, which led to extended voting hours and the unprecedented decision to al…
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