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Peru: Presidential election too close to call

DW English · Jun 8, 2026, 12:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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%.

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