Overview
- The runoff, held on Sunday, June 7, produced ultra-tight early results with exit polls and partial tallies showing shifting one-point leads for Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez.
- Electoral authorities warned the official proclamation could take days or weeks because of delayed tallies and the need to verify thousands of precinct returns after April's logisitcal failures that undermined public trust.
- A judge ruled days before the vote that Sánchez must stand trial on alleged campaign finance irregularities, a development his allies call interference and that could complicate certification and political legitimacy.
- Neither candidate controls a congressional majority, so the eventual winner will need to build cross-party coalitions to pass security and economic measures while facing immediate risks of legislative obstruction.
- Crime and extortion were voters' top concerns, shaping sharply different platforms—Fujimori's hard-line security push and Sánchez's focus on police and judicial reform—and markets reacted nervously as investors weighed the policy uncertainty.