Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez are running for president; election will be held on June 7
O (National Elections Jury) of Peru officially proclaimed this Sunday (May 17, 2026) the results of the 1st round of the presidential elections. The right-wing candidate (Popular Force) the leftist candidate (Juntos por el Perú) will compete in the 2nd round on June 7th. 3rd place, (Renovación Popular), contests the official result and talks about electoral fraud.
Keiko, leader of the Fuerza Popular party and daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, obtained 17.1% of the valid votes in the April 12 vote. Sánchez – former minister of the former president of Peru, – came in 2nd place with 12%. Aliaga came in 3rd with 11.9%, behind Sánchez by a difference of 21,209 votes. Aliaga did not recognize the result, classifying the process as “fraud” and led protests in Lima to demand new elections.
The official count lasted more than a month due to logistical failures on voting day, which delayed the opening of polling stations and required an unprecedented extension of the election. Public disagreements between the electoral bodies in the resignation of the head of the (Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales), before the announcement of the final data.
This will be the 4th time that Keiko Fujimori has tried to become President of Peru. His campaign has as its banner the tightening of public security, with proposals such as the implementation of “faceless judges” to contain high crime and the country’s exit from .
On the other side, Roberto Sánchez follows the style of his political godfather, Pedro Castillo, who was impeached and arrested after a self-coup in 2022. Sánchez proposes the drafting of a new Constitution and greater state control over natural resources. He is running while being accused by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of false statements about campaign donations. He denies it.
A sent observers to monitor the vote in the country. In a preliminary report released after the election, the group stated that the electoral bodies demonstrated a commitment to transparency and neutrality, without indicating signs of widespread irregularities or fraud in the process.
