US EditionFujimori and Sánchez Lead Peru Vote as Count Reaches 90%
Authorities said Fujimori led with 16.95% and Sánchez with 11.99% as logistical problems delayed final results and forced voting extensions.
- On Wednesday, Keiko Fujimori and Roberto emerged as Peru's leading presidential candidates with 90% of ballots tallied, positioning them for a June 7 runoff.
- Logistical issues forced officials to extend voting into Monday, allowing more than 52,000 residents of Lima to cast ballots after initial delivery failures prevented timely polling.
- Fujimori promised to crack down on crime, while Roberto pledged to pardon President Pedro Castillo if elected. Aliaga trailed narrowly in third place.
- Since no candidate reached more than 50% of votes, the two leading vote-getters advance to a runoff scheduled for June 7 to determine Peru's next president.
- The winner will become Peru's ninth president in 10 years, replacing interim leader Jos who served only four months before facing corruption allegations.
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The candidate for the left Roberto Sánchez went up this Thursday for the second place in the partial ablution of the presidential elections in Peru, which puts him as a possible opponent of the lawmaker Keiko Fujimori in a second round. Rival is daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, convicted of human rights violations. With more than 89% of the recorded acts, Sánchez crossed a very close margin of the ultraconservative Rafael López Alia…
The presidential candidate of Juntos por el Perú, Roberto Sánchez, exceeded the former mayor of Lima Rafael López Aliaga in the number of valid votes obtained in the ballots, according to the results of the ONPE to 90.162%. With 83,673 minutes counted by the ONPE, Sánchez has 1’831,063 votes, equivalent to 11,991% of valid votes, while López Aliaga adds 1’822,750 votes, 11.933% of valid votes. In the course of Monday, the candidate of Juntos por…
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