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Right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has narrowly won Peru’s presidential election after a lengthy vote count, electoral authorities said on Monday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Her left-wing rival Roberto S\u00e1nchez won 49.86%. Just 49,641 votes separated the two candidates.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
“We are getting closer and closer to starting a path of order and hope for all Peruvians,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
Her opponent had previously said he would not recognize the election results.<\/p>\n
Fujimori is the daughter of Peru’s late former president Alberto Fujimori, who was convicted of human rights violations.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
She is due to take office on July 28.<\/p>\n
The political situation in the country of around 35 million people has long been shaped by constant conflict between Congress and the government.<\/p>\n
Congress can remove presidents from office for “moral incapacity.” Peru has had eight presidents in the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n