With 92% of votes counted, conservative Keiko Fujimori had 50.1% of the vote, while rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo had 49.8%, according to official results. This is Ms Fujimori’s third run for president, a role her father held in the 1990s. The figures released by Peru’s elections agency, the National Office of Electoral Processes, included almost all votes cast near the country’s electoral processing centres. Expand Close Presidential candidate Pedro Castillo (Martin Mejia/AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Presidential candidate Pedro Castillo (Martin Mejia/AP)The agency was still waiting for the arrival of votes from remote rural areas and abroad. In 2016, now-former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defeated Ms Fujimori by just 42,597 votes.

Source: Irish Independent June 07, 2021 16:41 UTC