Right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has narrowly won Peru’s presidential election after a lengthy vote count, electoral authorities said on Monday.
Fujimori, 51, received 50.13% of the vote, the South American country’s electoral office announced more than three weeks after the June 7 run-off.
Her left-wing rival Roberto Sánchez won 49.86%. Just 49,641 votes separated the two candidates.
Fujimori wrote on X that she would await the official announcement of the final results by the national electoral commission (JNE) in the coming days with “great humility, prudence and responsibility.”
“We are getting closer and closer to starting a path of order and hope for all Peruvians,” she wrote.
Her opponent had previously said he would not recognize the election results.
Fujimori is the daughter of Peru’s late former president Alberto Fujimori, who was convicted of human rights violations.
The politician from the conservative Fuerza Popular party was running for president for the fourth time. She has promised a tough crackdown on organized crime and plans to deregulate the economy.
She is due to take office on July 28.
The political situation in the country of around 35 million people has long been shaped by constant conflict between Congress and the government.
Congress can remove presidents from office for “moral incapacity.” Peru has had eight presidents in the past 10 years.