Peru runoff count leaves Sánchez narrowly ahead of Fujimori (opens in new tab)

Peru's presidential runoff remained unresolved after the June 7 vote, with leftist Roberto Sánchez of Juntos por el Perú narrowly ahead of conservative Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular in partial official counts. ONPE figures cited Tuesday by AFP put Sánchez at 50.05% to Fujimori's 49.94% with 96% of polling records processed, a gap of about 20,000 votes; AP later cited an ONPE preliminary tally of 50.112% to 49.888%, a margin just above 39,000 votes. Bernardo Pachas, head of the electoral au...