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Peru s presidential candidate Pedro Castillo addresses supporters from the headquarters of the ‘Free Peru’ party, in Lima, Peru June 10, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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LIMA, June 11 ― Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru s presidential election yesterday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede and has alleged fraud despite scant evidence.
Castillo had some 50.2 per cent of the vote and a 0.36 percentage point lead with 99.4 per cent of ballots tallied, with only a small number of contested ballots still being scrutinised.
Keiko Fujimori, facing her own renewed legal woes on Thursday, has not conceded, and is seeking to annul some 500,000 votes which she says are suspicious, albeit with scant evidence.
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Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori, who has yet to concede and has alleged fraud despite scant evidence.