Peru's National Jury of Elections proclaimed Keiko Fujimori the country's president-elect on July 3, closing a vote count that stretched nearly a month past the June 7 runoff. The final tally gave her 50.135% of valid votes against left-wing rival Roberto Sánchez's 49.865% — a gap of 49,641 ballots out of more than 18 million cast, under three-tenths of a percentage point. It's a wafer-thin mandate wrapped around a historic first: Fujimori becomes the first woman elected to Peru's presidency, arriving there on her fourth attempt after losing runoffs in 2011, 2016 and 2021.
