Overview
- Peru21, which published its poll Sunday, shows the June 7 presidential runoff shaping up as a close contest.
- Keiko Fujimori led the April 12 first round yet fell short of 50 percent, which sends the top two to a runoff under Peru’s rules.
- The poll places Fujimori at 31% to 38% support and shows a 38% to 38% tie if she faces leftist Roberto Sánchez.
- Election authorities are still finalizing the second-place finisher after a slow first-round count that sits around 95% tallied.
- Kyodo’s São Paulo bureau relayed the Peru21 findings to Japanese papers, noting the figures come from a survey and not official results.