{"id":14885,"date":"2026-06-24T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=14885"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:45:07","slug":"peru-right-wing-presidential-hopeful-fujimori-appears-poised-to-win-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=14885","title":{"rendered":"Peru right-wing presidential hopeful Fujimori appears poised to win runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Peru’s right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori built what may be an unassailable lead on Tuesday as vote counting for the runoff election entered its final stages, official figures showed. <\/p>\n

With 99.86 percent of ballots tallied, Fujimori held 50.12 percent of vote, a margin of just over 43,000 over her leftist rival Roberto Sanchez, according to data published online by the National Office of Electoral Processes.<\/p>\n

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Peru presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori at a press conference at her party’s headquarters in Lima on June 19, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before declaring a winner, election officials need to process 131 tally sheets, which represent around 39,000 votes — an insufficient number to enable Sanchez to catch up.<\/p>\n

The electoral authority doesn’t plan to declare a winner until mid-July, the Reuters news agency reports, adding that a Fujimori victory would extend Latin America’s move to the right.<\/p>\n

Populist Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly won a polarizing presidential runoff in Colombia<\/span> Sunday.<\/p>\n

Voters concerned about crime have been drawn to hardline candidates.<\/p>\n

Sanchez said he wouldn’t recognize a government headed by Fujimori, claiming a “serious violation of the electoral process.” <\/p>\n

Sanchez alleges administrative irregularities in the handling of votes from overseas \u2014 roughly 300,000 ballots \u2014 by the electoral authority. <\/p>\n

The overseas vote largely favored Fujimori, who was propelled by massive support from voters in the United States and Japan. <\/p>\n

Fujimori’s party said it would wait for the count to be completed before declaring victory. <\/p>\n

The winner will take office July 28 for a five-year term. <\/p>\n

The June 7 runoff pitted the daughter of late former president Alberto Fujimori against Sanchez, the political heir of former president Pedro Castillo. <\/p>\n

Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has seen a string of presidents jailed, deposed and impeached. <\/p>\n

But the tight result shows the South American nation remains deeply divided between the populous coast and the more rural, Indigenous south.<\/p>\n

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