Fujimori Retakes Lead in Peru Runoff as Overseas Ballots Counted
Overseas ballots gave Fujimori 50.002% of the vote, while about 400,000 contested ballots remain under review, officials said.
- With 98.21% of votes counted, Conservative Keiko Fujimori holds a razor-thin lead of about 650 votes over Roberto Sanchez, according to Peru's electoral authority, ONPE.
- Reflecting a pattern of narrow defeats, Fujimori—daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori—lost to President Pedro Castillo by around 45,000 votes in 2021, marking her fourth consecutive runoff bid.
- Critical uncertainty persists as 1.76% of polling stations—roughly 400,000 votes—are flagged for judicial review, with many contested ballots originating from Lima, Fujimori's stronghold.
- Hardening his tone on Wednesday, Sanchez requested international observers to review "strange, unusual and questionable developments" after his lead evaporated; supporters gathered outside the National Election Jury offices in Lima were dispersed with water cannons.
- The official ONPE count remains the sole legally valid mechanism for determining the result, yet the razor-thin margin and pending judicial reviews leave the presidential outcome unresolved despite both candidates' earlier calls for patience.
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The process, with 98.26% of the votes counted, places Fujimori with 50.005% of the votes against 49.995% of Sánchez.
Rightist Keiko Fujimori maintains a close advantage of 0.006 %, equivalent to 1,207 votes, over leftist Roberto Sánchez when 98.254% of the minutes of the second round of Peru's presidential elections have been counted and more than 1,600 minutes have already been reviewed that have been challenged.
Lima, 11 Jun (EFE).- Right-wing Keiko Fujimori maintains a close advantage of 0.06 %, equivalent to 1,207 votes, over leftist Roberto Sánchez when 98,254% of the minutes of the second round of the presidential elections in Peru have been counted and more than 1,600 minutes have already been reviewed that have been challenged. Pending the last 9 minutes pending scrutiny, which come from a district of the Amazon region of Loreto bordering Brazil, …
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori maintains a narrow advantage of 759 votes over left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez...
LIMA. – The vote of Peruvians abroad, including the one registered in Argentina, began to tilt the result of the second presidential round in Peru, where Keiko Fujimori managed to pass a minimum margin over his rival, Roberto Sánchez, in a count that remains extremely tight.According to the latest report of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), updated at 14.56 this Thursday, the candidate of Fuerza Popular obtains 50.003% of the va…
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