June 8 (Reuters) – Peru’s conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori kept a slight lead on Monday over her leftist rival in a runoff election, with 90% of the votes counted, an official tally showed.
Fujimori, the daughter of hardline former President Alberto Fujimori, secured 50.55% of the votes, while leftist congressman Roberto Sanchez, who has strong support in rural areas, trailed her by less than 200,000 votes with the remaining 49.45%
Peru’s presidential race remains too close to call and continued to tighten as the count entered its second day.
(Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Benjamin Mejias; Editing by Louise Heavens)
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