Peru is headed for a presidential runoff after the election authority completes adjudication of disputed ballots. Bloomberg reports that left-wing lawmaker Roberto Sánchez secures enough votes to advance from the first round, after weeks of resolving challenges to vote counts. The runoff will be against conservative Keiko Fujimori, Bloomberg says.
The Rio Times adds detailed first-round figures published by the electoral regulator (ONPE). It reports that with 99.94% of ballots counted as of May 13, Fujimori leads with 17.18% (about 2.876 million votes). Sánchez is second with 12.02% (about 2.012 million votes) and narrowly defeats another contender, listed by the outlet as ultra-right Rafael … (name truncated in the provided text). The Rio Times also notes that Sánchez faces charges.
