On June 29 local time, the National Electoral Process Office of Peru announced the final vote results.
According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the results show that Rifai Party candidate Keiko Fujimoto won the presidential election by a narrow margin.
Fujisawa Keiko secured victory with 50.135% of the vote, defeating left-wing party candidate Roberto Sanchez of "Together for Peru," who received 49.865%. The two candidates' ballot gap was less than 50,000 votes.
According to reports, the Peru National Electoral Council plans to officially announce the winner on July 3 after reviewing the results.
If the review is approved, Fujimori will take office on July 28th and serve for five years, becoming the first woman elected president in Peruvian history. In December 2022, then-first vice president Dina Boluarte succeeded the president after a coup, becoming Peru's first female president. She was later impeached and removed from office in 2025.
Fujimori Keiko has posted on the X platform, announcing victory. Social Media
The 57-year-old Sanchez has not responded to the announcement of the results. Previously, Sanchez accused the overseas vote counting process of being irregular, and stated that he would refuse to accept the election results.
In the first round of voting for the presidential elections in Peru held in April this year, none of the candidates met the requirements for winning the first round. Fujimori Keiko and Sánchez, who ranked among the top two in terms of votes received, advanced to the second round of voting. According to Peruvian electoral laws, the candidate who receives the most votes in the second round will be directly elected as president.
The Guardian pointed out that the focus of this election is the rising crime rate and long-term political instability. Peru has had eight presidents change in ten years. France 24 said this is the latest victory for the resurgence of right-wing forces in Latin America.
According to reports, Fujimori Keiko is 51 years old. She is the daughter of the late Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. She advocates for a market-oriented policy and investment-focused approach, as well as stronger measures to combat the increasingly rampant criminal activities in the country. The government led by Alberto Fujimori was overthrown by an armed uprising in 2000. This election marks Keiko Fujimori's fourth attempt to run for president.
Japanese media, Jiji Asia, reported that this is the first time in 26 years since Alberto Fujimori that a Japanese-born president has been elected in South America.
