Peru election runoff hangs on 36,000-vote edge as Keiko Fujimori faces Roberto Sánchez

Peru’s presidential runoff held on June 7 has Keiko Fujimori ahead of Roberto Sánchez by about 36,000 votes, with official results not expected until July as hundreds of thousands of ballots are disputed. Their platforms diverge sharply, with Fujimori pledging tougher security measures and education reform, while Sánchez has vowed to weaken central bank independence and tap foreign reserves for public works. The count shows Fujimori leading by a wide margin among overseas voters but trailing domestically by 43,000 votes, underscoring deep urban-rural and class divisions.