(Juntos por el Perú, left), candidate in the 2nd round of Peru’s presidential elections, led a demonstration in Lima on Friday night (June 19, 2026) to contest the vote count. (Fuerza Popular, right) maintains a narrow lead in the count.
During the march, Sánchez asked “electoral justice” e “transparency”. He stated that authorities tried to prevent the demonstration.
“They deny us the right to protest and claim that this demonstration is illegal through a document. They don’t even allow the democratic expression of people who want to demonstrate and demand electoral justice, due legal process and transparency. Clearly, this is not a democratic standard”these.
Sánchez stated that he will present new appeals to contest the investigation and announced other demonstrations for the coming days.
Juntos por el Perú questions the processing of votes from Peruvians abroad and claims that there were procedural changes during the election. The party also alleges a lack of transparency and other irregularities. Electoral authorities deny that there was a break in the chain of custody of the minutes.
With 99.681% of the ballots cast by 8pm this Saturday (June 20), Fujimori had 50.112% of the votes, compared to Sánchez’s 49.888%, according to Onpe (National Office of Electoral Processes). The difference was 41,133 votes.
Fujimori had the highest number of votes among Peruvians living abroad, while Sánchez was ahead among the votes registered within the country.
The candidate asked her opponent to respect the official result. Sánchez, in turn, announced that he will go to court to try to annul the electoral process and said that he will not yet recognize a possible defeat.
Observation missions from the OAS (Organization of American States) and the European Union stated that the vote took place regularly. The groups asked candidates and voters to wait for the counting and analysis of resources to be completed.
