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Posted on April 13, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleRight‑leaning businessman Rafael López Aliaga leads Peru’s presidential race with 23.4% of early counted votes, ahead of center‑left contender Jorge Nieto (16.4%) and right‑winger Keiko Fujimori (16.1%). With just 5% of ballots tallied, a June 7 runoff between the top two is expected.
LIMA, April 12 (Reuters) - Right-leaning candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is leading Peru's presidential race with 23.4% of the votes, early results of the official vote count showed Sunday.
Center-left candidate Jorge Nieto trailed with 16.4% of votes, with 5% of ballots counted.
A third candidate, right-wing Keiko Fujimori, had 16.1% of the votes.
If no candidate clears the 50% threshold needed to win outright, the two most-voted candidates would advance to a second round, scheduled for June 7.
(Reporting by Lucinda Elliott and Marco Aquino in Lima, editing by Cassandra Garrison )
Rafael Lopez Aliaga is leading Peru's presidential race with 23.4% of the votes according to early official results.
Jorge Nieto has 16.4% of the votes with 5% of ballots counted.
Keiko Fujimori has 16.1% of the votes in the early official count.
If no candidate gets over 50% of the vote, the two most-voted candidates advance to a second round scheduled for June 7.
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