After more than a month of waiting, Keiko Fujimori finally won the first round of the presidential elections in Peru with 2,877,678 votes (17.18%) and will compete in the runoff on June 7 against the communist Roberto Sánchez, who came in second place after carrying out a major electoral fraud.
The final results, released by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) with "100% of the ballots processed," confirmed that Sánchez, from Juntos por el Perú, obtained 2,015,114 votes (12.03%) and surpassed the right-wing Rafael López Aliaga, who finished third with 1,993,904 votes (11.90%), by just 21,210 votes difference.
The dispute for second place extended over several days due to the slow pace of the counting. In the early counts, López Aliaga had managed to position himself above 14% and was leading the race to enter the runoff.
However, the trend suspiciously reversed over the days, reflecting the fraudulent electoral process.
Behind the three main candidates, the competition showed a strong parity. Jorge Nieto Montesinos, from the Good Government Party, finished fourth with 1,837,517 votes (10.97%), followed by Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli, from the Civic Works Party, with 1,698,903 votes (10.14%).
