Fujimori Retakes Lead in Peru Runoff as Overseas Ballots Counted
Overseas ballots pushed Fujimori ahead by about 600 votes, while about 400,000 contested votes 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 National Office of Electoral Processes of Peru (ONPE) finished this Friday the processing of 100% of the minutes that were pending counting and the technical tie between the two candidates for the Presidency, the right-wing Keiko Fujimori and the leftist Roberto Sánchez, will be resolved in the thousand minutes that have been challenged. With 98.32 % of the ballot, Fujimori wins with 50.012% of the vote and Sanchez is ranked with 49.988%, wh…
The National Office of Electoral Processes of Peru (ONPE) finished this Friday the processing of 100% of the minutes that were pending counting and the technical tie between the two candidates for the Presidency , the right-wing Keiko Fujimori and the leftist Roberto Sánchez, will be resolved in the thousand minutes that have been challenged. With 98.32% of the ballot, Fujimori wins with 50.01% of the vote and Sánchez stands with 49.98%, which i…
Neck and neck with the current Peruvian president and right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, left-wing presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez proposed on Friday that they jointly demand a recount of all ballots from the second round of the election. His opponent declined the offer. Source link: https://www.france24.com/fr/am%C3%A9riques/20260613-pr%C3%A9sidentielle-au-p%C3%A9rou-le-candidat-de-gauche-r%C3%A9clame-le-recomptage-de-tous-les-bulletin…
Roberto Sánchez proposed to his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori to jointly claim to count all the ballots of the second round of the election in Peru.
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