Overview
- Voters will decide the presidency on Sunday, June 7, in a very close second‑round race with polls showing the two candidates nearly tied and about one in five voters still undecided.
- Keiko Fujimori is campaigning on a promise to restore order and build on her father's legacy of firm security measures while survivors of 1980–2000 abuses and critics warn her victory could deepen impunity after Fuerza Popular backed a July 2025 amnesty for military personnel.
- Roberto Sanchez presents himself as a candidate for neglected rural and poor voters and has spent the final days reassuring investors and foreign partners that he would keep macroeconomic rules, preserve central bank independence, and maintain respectful ties with the United States.
- A Peruvian judge on June 6 ruled there are grounds to try Sanchez on alleged campaign finance irregularities from 2018–2020 but his team has a week to appeal and the decision is not expected to block Sunday's vote.
- The election outcome will affect everyday life through security policy and justice for past abuses and could shape investor confidence and foreign projects in Peru as the country confronts rising homicide rates and a decade of political turnover.