Sánchez narrowly leads Fujimori in Peru vote count (opens in new tab)

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez narrowly led conservative Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s presidential runoff as vote counting continued on Tuesday. With about 95% of tally sheets processed, Sánchez had about 50.1% of the vote to Fujimori’s 49.9%, a margin of roughly 40,000 to 41,000 votes. The result remained unresolved because overseas ballots and remote-region tally sheets had not been fully counted. Fujimori led early returns from Lima, one of her strongholds, before Sánchez gained ground as...