Elections in Peru: difference between Sanchez and Fujimori remains less than 1 percentage point

The election in Peru enters the fourth day of counting
Candidates Roberto Sánchez, from Together for Peru, and Keiko Fujimori, from Força Popular, compete vote by vote in the presidential election in Peru. The vote was on Sunday (7) and the counting is ongoing.
At 10:30 am this Wednesday (10), three days after Peruvians voted in the second round, with more than 97% of the ballots counted, the difference between the two candidates is less than one percentage point.
The left-wing deputy is ahead with 50.055% of the votes and the conservative one has 49.945%.
See, below, the timeline of the count:
Timeline of the counting of Peru's presidential elections at 6:30 am on June 10th
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The first official results of the counting were released around 10 pm on Sunday (7) by the Peruvian electoral body: Keiko Fujimori came out ahead, five percentage points ahead of Roberto Sánchez.
The difference between the two decreased as the investigation progressed. At around 7am on Monday (8), Keiko had less than a point advantage over Sánchez.
At 1:07 pm on Monday, local time, the Juntos pelo Peru candidate overtook Keiko. Since then, Sánchez has remained at the forefront.
This Wednesday, 98.207% of the ballot boxes in Peru had already been opened and counted. Abroad, the count is at 67.36%, with Keiko Fujimori well ahead of his opponent, with 62.46% of the votes against 37.54%.
The electoral authority reported that the release of the final result could take days. Voting in Peru is done with paper ballots. The country has 27.33 million voters eligible to vote.
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Check out the performance of the candidates in each Peruvian region on the map this Tuesday (9):
Map shows the vote of Roberto Sánchez and Keiko Fujimori in each region of Peru.
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Candidates' profile
Keiko Fujimori is running for the Popular Force party, a party she founded in 2008 to lead the Fujimorist current. Daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, the candidate is running for president for the fourth time, having been defeated in the second round in the 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections.
In the first round vote in 2026, Keiko obtained 17.2% of the valid votes.
Keiko Fujimori (on the left) and Roberto Sánchez (on the right).
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Deputy Roberto Sánchez, from Together for Peru, reached the second round after obtaining 12% of the votes in the first round.
Sánchez's support base is mainly identified in rural areas and areas far from urban regions.
History and electoral context
The elections of 2026 saw a record 35 presidential candidates in the first round. The process takes place in a scenario in which Peru has registered 9 presidents in 10 years, with constitutional mandates lasting five years.
Survey data indicates that 90% of Peruvians express little or no confidence in the government and the National Congress.
In addition, only 10% of Peruvians claim to be satisfied with democracy in the country, a situation that researchers classify as "chronic distrust".

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