Keiko Fujimori 'wins Peru's presidential first round'
- 8 years ago
Centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori has won the first round of Peru’s presidential election. Exit polls have given her about 40 percent of the vote.
Peru election: Keiko Fujimori wins first round, say exit polls https://t.co/QIL0l7Gqen pic.twitter.com/OtWmw5y5EB— Politics News (@PoliticsNewz) April 10, 2016
However its not clear which of two challengers she will face in a June run-off. Centrist and former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and leftist Veronika Mendoza are neck and neck with around 20 percent of the vote each although one poll gives Kuczynski a slight lead.
The run-up to the election hasn’t been without incident.
Suspected leftist rebels killed three people and injured six more in an attack on Saturday. A vehicle carrying election materials in a remote coca-growing region was ambushed.
Polls show Kuczynski has a better chance than Mendoza of beating Fujimori in a run-off .
Keiko Fujimori has distanced herself from her father, jailed ex-president Albe
Peru election: Keiko Fujimori wins first round, say exit polls https://t.co/QIL0l7Gqen pic.twitter.com/OtWmw5y5EB— Politics News (@PoliticsNewz) April 10, 2016
However its not clear which of two challengers she will face in a June run-off. Centrist and former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and leftist Veronika Mendoza are neck and neck with around 20 percent of the vote each although one poll gives Kuczynski a slight lead.
The run-up to the election hasn’t been without incident.
Suspected leftist rebels killed three people and injured six more in an attack on Saturday. A vehicle carrying election materials in a remote coca-growing region was ambushed.
Polls show Kuczynski has a better chance than Mendoza of beating Fujimori in a run-off .
Keiko Fujimori has distanced herself from her father, jailed ex-president Albe