With more than 74% of the votes counted, there remains uncertainty about who will face Keiko Fujimori in the second round of Peru’s presidential elections. The most recent count bulletin from the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), released this morning, shows the daughter of dictator Alberto Fujimori consolidated in first place, with more than 2.2 million votes (16.9% of the total). Thus, it is not long before his name is confirmed for the fourth consecutive election in the 2nd round dispute, scheduled for June 7th.
In second position is the conservative candidate Rafael López Aliaga, businessman and former mayor of Lima. He has 1.678 million votes, equivalent to 12.8% of the total. Aliaga is closely followed by Jorge Nieto Montesinos, a sociologist who was Minister of Culture and Defense under Pedro Pablo Kuczynski between 2016 and 2018. He has 1.556 million votes (11.9% of the total valid votes).
Ricardo Belmont has 9.99% of the votes, followed by Roberto Sánchez (9.94%), Carlos Álvarez (8.1%) and Alfonso López Chau (7.6%).
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What could still change the vote is the fact that Aliaga’s votes are concentrated in the capital Lima region, but he has been particularly weak in electoral areas further south in the country. Nieto has fewer preferences in metropolitan areas, but has done well in rural areas.
The National Justice Board of Peru approved the beginning of a preliminary investigation against the head of ONPE, Piero Corvetto, due to the body’s poor performance in distributing electoral material. The delay that prevented more than 50 thousand citizens from voting on Sunday (12) and the election in these locations was extended to Monday.
