Keiko Fujimori Opens Irreversible Lead in Peru Presidential Runoff

Overview

• In the early hours of Wednesday, June 24, the national electoral body ONPE reported that Keiko Fujimori had built a mathematically insurmountable lead, making her the projected president-elect.
• Her leftist rival Roberto Sánchez has rejected the outcome, filed a request to annul roughly 300,000 votes cast abroad, and called supporters to protest while offering no public evidence for his fraud claims.
• Ballots from Peruvians living abroad favored Fujimori by about 63% and were decisive in reversing an earlier Sánchez lead during the count.
• Electoral authorities — ONPE for counting and the JNE for adjudication — continue to review tens of thousands of contested records and say that final certification could be delayed into mid‑July before any official proclamation.
• International observers from the OEA and the EU judged the voting process regular, but Fujimori’s likely victory revives debates about her father’s fraught legacy and raises risks of political tensions in a country with frequent leadership turnover.