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.

Peruvians are voting in a presidential runoff between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sanchez, with the winner set to become the country's ninth leader in a decade.

Peru's presidential runoff ended without a clear winner after an extremely close vote. A quick count by the pollster Ipsos, carried out with the NGO Transparencia on a…

Electoral authority shows right-wing Keiko Fujimori with a marginal advantage over Roberto Sánchez.