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Story summary
- Keiko Fujimori (candidate) and Roberto Sánchez (candidate) will face each other in a presidential runoff on June 7, according to Peru’s electoral authorities.
- Fujimori received 2.8 million votes (17.19 % of the total) while Sánchez earned 2.015 million votes (12.03 %).
- Because more than 70 % of voters chose other candidates, both finalists must assemble coalitions to win.
- The vote follows a decade of turmoil with eight presidents and protests that killed 50 demonstrators in 2022-2023.
