Elections in Peru: with 98% of ballots counted, the difference between candidates drops to just over 500 votes

'The country of endless counting': why does the election result in Peru take so long?
Peru has been counting the votes for the second round of elections for four days, but the country still doesn't know whether the next president will be left-wing deputy Roberto Sánchez or right-wing leader Keiko Fujimori.
At 0:42 am this Thursday (10), with virtually 98% of the ballots counted, the difference between the two candidates was just under 500 votes in favor of Fujimori.
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The conservative is ahead with 50.001% of the votes, while the leftist deputy has 49.999%.
See, below, the timeline of the count until the beginning of the day on Wednesday (10):
Seal election in Peru
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The first official data from the count were released around 10pm 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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