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Monday, 13 April 2026
Elections·Democracy

Peru's presidential election marred by ballot chaos as Fujimori leads early count

Monday, 13 April 2026 · 1 min read

Peru's presidential election was thrown into disorder on Sunday after a private contractor failed to deliver ballots to polling stations in Lima, leaving more than 52,000 voters unable to cast their votes and prompting police anti-corruption units to raid the offices of electoral authority ONPE. The country's supreme electoral court took the unusual step of extending voting into Monday at the 13 affected stations — a first in Peruvian history — though critics noted the continuation takes place while partial results are already being publicly reported. With roughly 45% of votes counted in the early hours of Monday, right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori (daughter of jailed former dictator Alberto Fujimori and a three-time presidential contender) led with 17%, narrowly ahead of former Lima mayor Rafael López Aliaga at 15.6% and ex-culture minister Jorge Nieto at 13.4%, leaving the second runoff spot — ahead of a 7 June second round — still undecided; López Aliaga, who had already alleged fraud, called his supporters into the streets in protest, though EU election observers said they had found no evidence of deliberate manipulation.

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