Castillo Leads Final Peru Count But Fujimori Refuses to Concede
- Peru’s electoral court must still rule on disputed ballots
- Castillo leads Fujimori by 44,058 votes as all ballots counted
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Nine days after a presidential runoff in Peru, electoral authorities have completed the vote count that showed leftist Pedro Castillo edging out Keiko Fujimori by 44,058 ballots.
That means Castillo, a former school teacher who’s promised to redistribute wealth and who received the overwhelming backing of the country’s poor, received 50.1% of the votes against 49.9% for Fujimori, according to results published by the electoral council Tuesday afternoon.