Voters arrive at a polling station during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Peruvians are choosing between presidential candidates with starkly different views. Keiko Fujimori, a conservative and daughter of a disgraced former president, faces nationalist lawmaker Roberto Sánchez. Official results may take days.
Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, of the Popular Force party, waves after voting during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A police officers guard the site where presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party meets supporters for breakfast during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party looks at his wife Claudia Pinazzo before voting during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes)Jose Ludoweieg, 98, casts his ballot accompanied by his granddaughter, Gabriela Bellido, during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)People line up to collect their national identity cards ahead of Peru’s presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)A soldier guards a polling station during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party speaks alongside her vice-presidential running mate, Luis Galarreta, left, and Sen.-elect Miguel Angel Torres after polls closed in the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)Supporters of presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez, of Together for Peru party hold banners during his closing campaign rally in Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A voter marks his ballot during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party leaves after appearing on the balcony of his campaign headquarters following the close of polls in the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes)A worker removes a campaign banner of presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party placed near a polling station in Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 6, 2026, ahead of Peru’s presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party and her rival Roberto Sanchez of Together for Peru party wave during a presidential debate, in Lima, Peru, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A soldier guard a polling station during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Supporters of presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party celebrate early election results after the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes)A banner of Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party, is seen on the balcony of a house in Lima, Peru, Friday, June 5, 2026, ahead of their presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party waves after voting during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A shaman performs a ritual holding a poster of presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez on Herradura beach in Lima, Peru, Monday, June 1, 2026, ahead of the presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A dog sleeps next members of the military stand in formation before their departure to protect polling places in Lima, Peru, Friday, June 5, 2026, ahead of their presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A man waits for clients next to a graffiti that reads in Spanish: “Keiko President, Fujimori Murdered”, in reference to presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori and her father, former President Alberto Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, Friday, June 5, 2026, ahead of their presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party arrives at Barbadillo Prison to visit former President Pedro Castillo after voting during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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