Peru: Presidential election too close to call
Key takeaways
- With over 90% of the votes counted in Peru's runoff presidential election, right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing politician Roberto Sanchez are in a neck-and-neck race.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5F0Tm Keiko Fujimori (center) was pleased with the early results of the runoff, but her lead has since evaporated Image: Alessandro Cinque/REUTERSAdvertisement.
- Preliminary results show that right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori received approximately 50.5% of the vote, while left-wing politician Roberto Sanchez was on around 49.5%.
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With over 90% of the votes counted in Peru's runoff presidential election, right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing politician Roberto Sanchez are in a neck-and-neck race.
https://p.dw.com/p/5F0Tm Keiko Fujimori (center) was pleased with the early results of the runoff, but her lead has since evaporated Image: Alessandro Cinque/REUTERSAdvertisement. The results of Peru's presidential runoff were still up in the air on Monday morning, even though more than 90% of the votes had been counted.
Preliminary results show that right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori received approximately 50.5% of the vote, while left-wing politician Roberto Sanchez was on around 49.5%.