Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential race by razor-thin margin

After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and ​review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race by the country’s ‌electoral office on Friday.

LIMA — After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and ​review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race by the country’s ‌electoral office on Friday.

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Fujimori won 50.135% of the vote in the June 7 runoff to clinch the nation’s top office in her fourth run for the presidency, just ahead of leftist congressman Roberto Sanchez’s 49.865%, a difference of about 50,000 votes out of 18 million.

“We’re going to identify all the best practices, initiatives, and projects that have yielded results so that they can continue,” ​Fujimori said at her party headquarters alongside her staff, adding that “today marks the beginning of a new era for Peru — an era of responsibility, ​dialogue, and results to restore confidence in our institutions.”