{"id":86207,"date":"2026-06-25T22:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/peru-right-wing-presidential-hopeful-fujimori-appears-poised-to-win-runoff\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:47:18","slug":"peru-right-wing-presidential-hopeful-fujimori-appears-poised-to-win-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/peru-right-wing-presidential-hopeful-fujimori-appears-poised-to-win-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru right-wing presidential hopeful Fujimori appears poised to win runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     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candidate Keiko Fujimori at a press conference at her party&#8217;s headquarters in Lima on June 19, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stifs Paucca \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before declaring a winner, election officials need to process 131 tally sheets, which represent around 39,000 votes &#8212; an insufficient number to enable Sanchez to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral authority doesn&#8217;t plan to declare a winner until mid-July, the Reuters news agency reports, adding that a Fujimori victory would extend Latin America&#8217;s move to the right.<\/p>\n<p>Populist Abelardo de la Espriella <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/colombia-presidential-vote-trump-candidate-wins-sparking-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">narrowly won a polarizing presidential runoff in Colombia<\/a><\/span> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Voters concerned about crime have been drawn to hardline candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez said he wouldn&#8217;t recognize a government headed by Fujimori, claiming a &#8220;serious violation of the electoral process.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Sanchez alleges administrative irregularities in the handling of votes from overseas \u2014 roughly 300,000 ballots \u2014 by the electoral authority. <\/p>\n<p>The overseas vote largely favored Fujimori, who was propelled by massive support from voters in the United States and Japan. <\/p>\n<p>Fujimori&#8217;s party said it would wait for the count to be completed before declaring victory. <\/p>\n<p>The winner will take office July 28 for a five-year term. <\/p>\n<p>The June 7 runoff pitted the daughter of late former president Alberto Fujimori against Sanchez, the political heir of former president Pedro Castillo. <\/p>\n<p>Many voters had hoped the election would draw a line under years of political chaos that has 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