Peru – Presidential election

The first round of the presidential election in Peru was held on Sunday. The Electoral Commission is reporting results with over 94% of valid votes counted. So, while the final result is not yet known, by now the names of the candidates who will go into the second round are clear. Here are the figures as they currently stand:

Ollanta Humala (Peruvian Nationalist Party), 31.7%
Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza 2011), 23.5%
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (Alianza por el Gran Cambio) 18.5%
Alejandro Toledo (Perú Posible), 15.6%
Luis Castañeda Lossio (Solidaridad Nacional), 9.8%

There were various other candidates, but none has won more than 0.3%.

So, the run-off will be between Ollanta Humala, who came second at the 2006 presidential election and who is seen (by some) as a left-wing, pro-indigenous candidate, and Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former autocrat, Alberto Fujimori. Humala is likely to win as things stand. The second round will be held on 5 June.

There is a nice discussion about the election on the Fruits and Votes blog.

I will post about the legislative election separately.

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