Overview
- Election officials expect to confirm the runoff lineup by mid‑May because more than 15,000 contested tally sheets must be reviewed by special panels.
- With 93.4% of tally sheets counted, Keiko Fujimori holds about 17% and is set for the June 7 runoff, while Roberto Sánchez and Rafael López Aliaga are split by roughly 13,600 votes.
- The count slowed after authorities set aside thousands of records for verification and extended voting to Monday for over 50,000 people in 13 Lima precincts that failed to open on election day.
- Business leaders and lawmakers called for electoral chief Piero Corvetto to resign as the top elections court filed a criminal complaint and police probed voting materials found on a public road in Lima.
- López Aliaga alleged fraud, sought to void the process, and offered a cash reward for proof, while the European Union’s observer mission reported no evidence of fraud.