Peru's Fujimori, leftist Sanchez deadlocked in presidential runoff poll

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April 26, 2026 11:36 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori delivers a statement as the vote count in the country's general election continues for a fourth day, in Lima, Peru April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Stifs Paucca/File Photo

LIMA, April 26 (Reuters) - ‌Right-wing candidate ​Keiko ​Fujimori is heading for a dead-heat presidential runoff against leftist Roberto Sanchez, a ‌new poll showed on Sunday, as Peru's vote ⁠count drags on amid fraud allegations and a razor-thin ‌battle for second place.

The ‌daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori would tie with Sanchez at 38% each in a June ​7 runoff, polling firm Ipsos Peru said, in the first survey since the April 12 ⁠first round.

• The slow count has sparked fraud allegations from ultra-conservative ​Rafael Lopez Aliaga, who trails Sanchez by about 24,000 votes in the fight for ​second place - a gap that ‌has widened in recent days.

• Lopez Aliaga has demanded thousands of votes ⁠be annulled as fraudulent, but European Union observers said they found no evidence to support the claims.

• With ⁠95.8% of votes counted, Fujimori leads with 17%, while Sanchez ​has 12% and Lopez Aliaga 11.9%.

• If Fujimori faces Lopez Aliaga instead, she would lose 31%-34%, the poll showed.

• ‌The Organization of American States on Friday backed the electoral board's rejection ‌of demands for supplementary elections, and called for "unrestricted ⁠respect for the popular ‌will."

• Sanchez served ​as a minister under jailed former President Pedro Castillo.

(Reporting by Marco AquinoEditing by Bill ‌Berkrot)


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