Peru runoff review puts 400,000 votes in play after 1,303-vote gap
What's next: Electoral authorities expect to declare a winner by July 15 as judges review more than 1,600 polling-station tallies.
Peru's presidential runoff remained unresolved after the initial count left Keiko Fujimori ahead of Roberto Sanchez by 1,303 votes out of roughly 18 million cast. Electoral authorities are now reviewing results from more than 1,600 polling stations, representing about 400,000 votes that have not yet entered the tally. Many of the flagged ballots come from Lima and from overseas voting, both of which have favored Fujimori. Review panels can fix simple tally-sheet errors or hold public hearings, with appeals possible to the top electoral court. Sanchez's party also tried to void results from about 2,400 polling stations, including many in Lima and the United States, but an election panel rejected those requests for missing paperwork.