Sánchez overtakes Fujimori in Peru count with 95% tallied; overseas vote still to come

MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 06:51 UTC

Fujimori lost ground decimal by decimal as tally sheets arrived from rural and Andean areas, where Sánchez performs best

Leftist Roberto Sánchez moved ahead in the count of Peru's presidential runoff, in an election being decided vote by vote. With about 95% of the tally sheets processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Sánchez had around 50.1% of the vote, against 49.9% for conservative Keiko Fujimori, a lead of some 41,000 ballots. The result, however, is not final: the votes of Peruvians abroad, historically favorable to the right, have yet to be counted.

Fujimori had led the count in the early hours thanks to support in Lima, one of her strongholds, but lost ground decimal by decimal as tally sheets arrived from rural and Andean areas, where Sánchez performs best. About 4,700 tally sheets remain to be processed, including those from abroad and from remote regions such as the Amazonian Loreto.