The dispute for the Presidency of Peru remains extremely tight. With 95.9% of the ballots counted, left-wing candidate Roberto S\u00e1nchez maintains a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori, although the difference has narrowed to just 19,894 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the most recent report from the National Office of Electoral Processes, S\u00e1nchez has accumulated 8,910,295 votes, equivalent to 50.056% of the valid ballots, while Fujimori has 8,890,401 votes, for 49.944%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The difference between both candidates is barely 0.112 percentage points, with around 1.1 million votes still to be processed, corresponding to pending and observed records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the remaining votes, those cast by Peruvians abroad stand out. So far, the ONPE has processed nearly 30% of the polling stations set up outside the country, and those results widely favor Fujimori, who is obtaining approximately 70% of those votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00e1nchez, candidate for the Juntos por el Per\u00fa coalition and who is participating as a political representative of imprisoned former president Pedro Castillo, expressed confidence in the result, although he asked to wait for the final count and to respect the popular will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For her part, Fujimori also called for calm and assured that she will accept the final results, while acknowledging the deep political division reflected at the polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 27.3 million citizens were called to elect the next president of Peru for the 2026-2031 term, in a context marked by a prolonged political crisis that has led the country to have eight presidents in the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n