Fujimori Edges Toward Peruvian Presidency as Sanchez Calls for Protests
Keiko Fujimori leads by 36,889 votes as officials review 0.84% of ballots and challengers file appeals over disputed tallies.
- On Thursday, right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori led Peru's presidential count by 36,889 votes with 99.1% of ballots tallied, positioning her as the likely winner of the June 7 runoff.
- Fujimori faces leftist rival Roberto Sanchez in a contest marked by recent years of political instability, reflecting a country split by divergent political projects and polarization.
- About 140,000 challenged votes remain under review, largely from Lima and Callao, where Fujimori holds a strong advantage and where analysts project most disputed ballots will favor her.
- Alleging irregularities at the electoral authority, Sanchez called for protests in Lima on Friday and filed legal appeals seeking to void ballots favoring his opponent.
- Election observers from the Organization of American States and the European Union reported the vote proceeded normally, urging candidates to await the official result amid political uncertainty.
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The results of the elections in Peru are close to 100% and with this comes the time to meet the next president in the Andean country.
Eleven days after the 7 June vote, the winner has still not been declared. The right-wing candidate ahead of his left-wing opponent, Roberto Sanchez, who denounces a lack of transparency in counting votes.
The Special Electoral Judges (JEE) of Peru continue to advance in the resolution of the minutes observed, an important milestone in the electoral process that brings the country closer to the completion of the count and to the official proclamation of the results, after weeks of counting. The last outstanding minutes of resolution are concentrated in Lima, La Libertad, Arequipa and Madre de Dios, specifically in the JEE Lima Este 1, Arequipa 1, …
Fujimori edges toward Peruvian presidency as Sanchez calls for protests
Ten days after runoff vote, Fujimori close to victory in Peru’s highly contested presidential election
The right-wing candidate holds a slim 36,000-vote lead over the leftist Roberto Sánchez with 99.2% of votes counted. Remaining tallies, which are under review, mostly come from Lima, the candidate’s stronghold
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