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Latin America·Elections

Peru heads toward tight presidential runoff between leftist and conservative candidates[Updated]

Saturday, 6 June 2026, 06:12 · 1 min read
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Peruvians voted Sunday in a relatively calm election day, with notably lower turnout observed in Lima compared to the first round. Exit polls from Ipsos and Datum initially showed Fujimori with a narrow lead — 50.7% and 50.53% respectively — but a subsequent Ipsos quick count conducted with the NGO Transparencia reversed the picture, giving Sánchez 50.3% to Fujimori's 49.7%. With 58% of official ballots tallied by electoral authorities, Fujimori held a partial lead of 52.6% to 47.4%, though those tallies skewed heavily toward Lima and her strongholds, leaving rural and Andean regions — where Sánchez performs best — still largely uncounted. Both campaigns urged caution, with Sánchez calling the statistical tie "something positive" and Fujimori's running mate warning that every vote would be contested; a final result may not be known for days.

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Peru's conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez closed their presidential campaigns in Lima on Thursday before large crowds, ahead of a Sunday runoff that polls indicate is too close to call. The latest Ipsos survey puts Sánchez, a former foreign trade minister and ally of imprisoned ex-president Pedro Castillo, at 43.8% against Fujimori's 43.2%, with 13% of voters undecided. The result carries regional significance, as a Fujimori victory would add to a recent wave of right-wing electoral wins across Latin America, while a Sánchez win would mark a revival of the left in a country that has cycled through eight presidents in a decade.

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El PaísLa fuerza del antifujimorismo y el voto del sur de Perú resurgen en la recta final de la campaña ↗︎MercoPressFujimori and Sánchez close campaigns in Lima before Peru's tight Sunday runoff ↗︎NPR WorldPeru election could add to string of right-wing victories in Latin America ↗︎
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