Keiko Fujimori y Roberto Sánchez abren Elecciones Peru 2026
Elecciones Peru 2026 began at seven in the morning in Lima with Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez facing off in Peru’s presidential runoff. Polling places opened in calm conditions, and the vote will decide who governs the country for the next five years.
Transparencia and Ipsos said quick-count indicators would be available at 20:00 local time and could point to the winner with 99 percent certainty. Official results are expected only in mid-July.
Lima voting centers
Voting centers in Miraflores and Los Olivos reported smooth lines early in the day. Polling stations are scheduled to close at five in the afternoon, leaving the first read on the race to the rapid counts later the same night.
Recent polls show a virtual tie between the two candidates, so the early indicators carry extra weight. Analysts cited undecided voters and the overseas vote as possible deciding factors.
Fujimori and Sánchez
Fujimori leads Fuerza Popular and defends the continuity of the free-market model and the 1993 Constitution. She said, “Fuerza Popular ha garantizado la estabilidad institucional que el país necesitaba”.
Sánchez leads Juntos por el Perú and served as a former minister in Pedro Castillo’s cabinet. He said, “esta opción representa la verdadera voz de las regiones postergadas”, while calling for a deep constitutional reform, greater state intervention in strategic resources, and a review or cancellation of Peru’s free-trade agreements.
Overseas vote counts
The overseas vote includes a little more than 1,200,000 Peruvians, and analysts listed it among the factors that could decide the runoff. That leaves the first reliable numbers from the quick count as the key reference point for voters following the race before the official count arrives in mid-July.
The contest also carries the weight of the candidates’ political histories. Fujimori is tied to Alberto Fujimori, and Sánchez is linked to Pedro Castillo, giving the runoff a choice between two very different governing paths.
