Fujimori Leads Peru Presidential Vote in Tight Race

Keiko Fujimori, daughter of Peru’s authoritarian former president, led by less than one point as officials warned the final result may not come until July.

Keiko Fujimori, the leader of Peruvian opposition party Fuerza Popular, gestures, flanked by her husband Mark Vito, as she leaves the national criminal court in Lima on Oct. 17, 2018. Luka Gonzales/AFP/Getty Images

Peru’s conservative presidential candidate, Keiko Fujimori, is locked in a tight race against her progressive rival in a runoff election, with results on June 8 indicating the contest is still too close to call.

Fujimori, the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, is facing congressman Roberto Sánchez in a runoff dominated by the themes of crime, inequality, mining, and Peru’s deep urban-rural divide.