Peru’s diaspora emerges as tie-breaker in razor-edge presidential race
Peru’s presidential election is so tight that it’ll likely be citizens abroad, rather than those from within the country, who will break the tie.
Leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez is leading the race with 50.087% of the votes, while three-time runner-up Keiko Fujimori has 49.913%. That’s a difference of just over 30,000 votes with 94.8% of ballots counted.
It’s become almost a norm that in the South American nation of 34 million people just tens of thousands of votes can determine the president — even if this year may yield the tightest race of all. In 2016, conservative Fujimori lost to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski by just 41,000 votes. In 2021, she again fell short by 44,000 ballots against hard-left former President Pedro Castillo, who Sánchez has modeled himself after.
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