With 96.214% of the ballots counted, Juntos por el Perú candidate Roberto Sánchez maintains a lead of 23,000 votes over Rafael López Aliaga from Renovación Popular. These results, provided by the ONPE, position Sánchez as the favorite to advance to the second round, where he would face Keiko Fujimori. The ONPE has completed the counting of the ballots without any observations, and now the Special Electoral Jurisdictions continue to resolve the contested ballots.
Although the JEE’s pronouncement on the observations is still pending, the trend appears clear, with Sánchez leading in several regions of the country. In a broader context, according to the latest count, Fujimori leads with 17.070% of the votes, followed by Sánchez with 12.040% and López Aliaga in third place. These results reflect an electoral landscape where participation and vote counting are crucial, as mentioned in the related news about support for Sánchez.
