The right-wing Keiko Fujimori and the far-right López Aliaga will compete in the second round of the elections in Peru

The rightist Keiko Fujimorifrom the Fuerza Popular party, and the far-right Rafael Lopez Aliagaof the Popular Renewal party, will compete for the Presidency of Peru in a second electoral round on June 7, according to the quick recount of the electoral records offered by the private company Datum Internacional.

The count, broadcast by the local network America Televisiongives Fujimori 16.8% of the votes and López Aliaga 12.9%, just over one point than the centrist Jorge Nieto, who received 11.6%.

In this regard, the head of Datum, Urpi Torrado, specified that the recount of the voting records, carried out with 1,500 minutes, is no longer a survey but rather accounts for the real votes and the results have a margin of error of 1%.

Eternal candidate to preside over Peru

Keiko Fujimori is the daughter and political heir of the former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), is the candidate best positioned to once again contest the Presidency of Peru in a second electoral round after this Sunday’s elections.

It is the fourth time in a row that the candidate and leader of the Fujimori Popular Force party will be in the second round, after having lost in that instance on the three previous occasions to Ollanta Humala (2011), Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016) y Pedro Castillo (2021).

This Sunday’s election day in Peru was marked by long delays in the opening of important voting centers in the capital Lima, due to the lack of electoral material, which caused some 52,000 voters would be left unable to votea situation that motivated the National Elections Jury (JNE) to authorize, in an unprecedented decision, that voting in those locations take place this Monday.

The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), in charge of organizing the elections, attributed the problem to the company hired for the delivery, which in some points arrived five hours after the voting start time, according to reports. Efe.

According to official information, 99.8% of the polling stations nationwide could be installed.

Despite the decision to extend the vote to Monday, the far-right candidate López Aliaga (Popular Renovation) criminally sued the head of the ONPE, Piero Corvettofor omission of duties and asked the Prosecutor’s Office to order his immediate arrest, considering that “it is no coincidence” that schools were left without opening in areas where, according to him, the majority vote for Popular Renewal.

However, both the electoral observation missions of the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS) indicated that an election day without irregularities and with a large influx of voters, despite the problems in opening certain voting locations.