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LatinTimes Staff Reporter

Keiko Fujimori Set to Become Peru's First Woman President Amid Fraud Claims From the Left

Peru's presidential candidate for the Fuerza Popular party, Keiko Fujimori (R), holds an election tally sheet as she speaks next to the head of the party's representatives' command, Luis Dyer (L), at her campaign headquarters in San Borja district, Lima on June 24, 2026. Conservative Keiko Fujimori appeared to win Peru's presidential election, setting the stage for the return of the Fujimori name to power decades after her father's fall. (Credit: Photo by Connie FRANCE / AFP via Getty Images)

Keiko Fujimori has won Peru's presidency on her fourth attempt, with the country's vote-counting office sealing one of the tightest results in modern Latin American history.

ONPE, Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes, finished processing 100% of the ballots on June 29, more than three weeks after the June 7 runoff. The final tally put the Popular Force leader at 50.135% — 9,223,396 votes — against 49.865%, or 9,173,755 votes, for Roberto Sánchez of Together for Peru. The gap came to 49,641 votes; a few outlets round it to roughly 49,600, but the figures themselves are consistent across sources.

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