EFE
09:06
Castillo has so far won 50.2 percent of the vote, while Fujimori has 49.7 percent, in a tight recount in which only a few thousand votes remain to be counted.
Leftist candidate Pedro Castillo of the Free Peru party holds a 71,764-vote lead over his rival Keiko Fujimori of the right-wing Popular Force in peru’s presidential election, when 99.795 percent of the vote was counted. According to data from the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Castillo has received 8,735,448 votes, while Fujimori obtained 8,663,684, which is a reduction of the advantage that the leftist candidate has maintained in recent hours. Castillo has so far won 50.2 percent of the vote, while Fujimori has 49.7 percent, in a tight recount in which only a few thousand votes remain to be counted. In the coming hours, that margin may narrow as votes from abroad continue to be counted, especially from countries such as the United States or Spain, where there is an important Peruvian community. It will also be necessary to review some minutes with technical irregularities, errors of completion or with contested votes. Citizen participation has been estimated at 74.7 percent of the electorate.
