Nearly a week after polls closed, Peru has no certified president-elect — though Keiko Fujimori's slender edge has hardened a little. On ONPE's live results portal, the Fuerza Popular leader sat at 50.045% to Roberto Sánchez's 49.955% with 98.521% of tally sheets processed, holding 9,068,331 votes to his 9,051,905. That is a margin of 16,426 ballots — larger than the few-hundred-vote gap seen days earlier, yet still almost invisible across more than 18 million valid votes. And it is far from final: the roughly 1.479% of sheets still outstanding amount to about 300,000 votes measured against the 19.35 million cast, a pool that towers over Fujimori's current advantage.
The holdup is procedural, not sinister. Beyond the sheets still being entered, around 1,500 tally records were flagged as contested on June 7 and cannot count until they are resolved. Peru also separates counting from certifying: ONPE tabulates the vote, but only the National Jury of Elections (JNE) can legally proclaim a winner once every disputed sheet, appeal and legal remedy is exhausted.
