Keiko Fujimori, the market-friendly daughter of a former autocrat, is on course to win Peru’s deeply polarised presidential election, as her lead became insurmountable on Wednesday in a knife-edge vote count that her opponent has pledged to contest.
More than two weeks after the June 7 run-off vote, longtime lawmaker Fujimori holds a lead of some 43,000 votes — a 50.11 per cent share — over leftist rival Roberto Sánchez, according to electoral authorities. With only 40,000 votes still to count, her lead is unassailable.
A binding result is not expected until mid-July, after electoral judges have certified the result and legal challenges have been settled. Fujimori has pledged a tough line on crime while promoting foreign investment.
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