The Peruvian election commission announced on Monday that the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the presidential race.
Earlier, the country's electoral authority finished tallying 100% of the votes, 22 days after the June 7 election.
The final results show conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori with a lead of 50.135%, or 9,223,396 votes, over leftist candidate Roberto Sanchez's 49.865%, or 9,173,755 votes.
The runoff between Fujimori and Sanchez was one of the closest elections in Latin America in decades. Crime and political instability have dominated the race to elect Peru's ninth leader in ten years.Lima bus drivers fear for their safety in Peru's crime spikeTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
Fujimori family returns to power
