Keiko Fujimori wins Peru as the final count closes, beating Roberto Sanchez by fewer than fifty thousand votes. Her rival alleges fraud and rejects it.
Key Facts
—The result. The count closed on June 29 with Keiko Fujimori on 50.135 percent against Roberto Sánchez on 49.865 percent.
—The margin. A gap of 49,641 votes out of more than eighteen million cast, under three tenths of a point.
—A first. Fujimori becomes the first woman elected president of Peru, on her fourth attempt.
—The protest. Sánchez rejects the result and alleges fraud in the overseas vote, without presenting evidence.
Keiko Fujimori wins Peru's presidency as the full count confirms her by 49,641 votes
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