Fujimori is leading Peru’s Presidential election!
Fujimori enjoyed the support of the peruvian voters living overseas!
Lima, Jun 23 (EFE).-
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori built a sufficient lead Tuesday to become Peru’s next president, holding a 42,097-vote advantage over leftist rival Roberto Sánchez, who has alleged fraud without evidence and called for the annulment of overseas voting.
With 99.79% of ballots counted in the presidential runoff, Fujimori had 50.11% of valid votes to Sanchez’s 49.88%. The narrow margin of 42,097 votes can no longer be overturned, as about 38,200 ballots remain to be counted for both candidates.
As of Tuesday night, 191 tally sheets — 0.20% of the 92,766 polling stations set up for the June 7 vote — were still pending. Each sheet contains an average of about 200 votes per candidate.
The result will not be final until electoral juries rule on a request filed Monday by Sanchez to annul overseas voting. If granted, the decision would reverse the outcome and hand Sanchez the victory, as he received the most votes within Peru.
Excluding ballots cast abroad would flip the percentages, giving Sanchez 50.11% of valid votes and a lead of 39,292 ballots over Fujimori, who would fall to 49.88%.
The leader of the leftist Juntos por el Perú party has argued that overseas voting should be invalidated because, for the runoff, digital transmission of results was eliminated at the request of the Foreign Ministry. That change required tally sheets to be sent to Lima for counting, which Sanchez says lacked proper custody.
He has also said he would not recognize a Fujimori government and would promote street protests if electoral authorities reject his request.
So far, the daughter and political heir of former President Alberto Fujimori has not declared victory. She has criticized her rival for seeking to disregard the will of Peruvians living abroad.
The Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, the country’s top electoral body, is expected to formally proclaim the results by mid-July.
If confirmed, Fujimori, leader of the fujimorista Fuerza Popular party, will begin a five-year term on July 28 (2026–2031). Her victory would follow a decade of political instability during which Peru has had eight presidents amid a series of parliamentary-led removals.
It would also mark the return of fujimorismo to power 26 years after Alberto Fujimori resigned by fax from Japan, following the exposure of a massive corruption scandal involving his close adviser Vladimiro Montesinos. Both men were later convicted of human rights abuses and corruption. EFE
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