Overview
- Peru’s election authority extended voting into Monday in 13 Lima precincts after Sunday’s ballot deliveries failed, and early tallies showed Keiko Fujimori on top with roughly 16–17%.
- An outside contractor did not deliver voting materials in the capital, which left more than 52,000 eligible people unable to cast ballots until the extension took effect.
- Anti-corruption police searched the offices of ONPE, Peru’s election agency, and prosecutors opened an investigation into the logistics firm as some rival camps alleged fraud and supporters of Rafael López Aliaga protested.
- EU observers reported delays but said they had seen no evidence so far of targeted manipulation, and they continue to monitor the count.
- The outcome remains fluid because a crowded field of 35 candidates is tightly packed, and the lost votes could prove pivotal given that Peru’s 2021 runoff was decided by about 44,000 ballots.