Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential runoff, vows 'order and hope'
Keiko Fujimori says the declaration brings Peru closer to a path of order and renewed hope for all citizens.
Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential runoff, vows 'order and hope'
Fujimori will be the country's 10th president since 2016. (Photo: FILE) / Reuters

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori won Peru's presidential run-off with a wafer-thin majority of 50.13 percent of the vote, the country's election commission has said.

Fujimori, the daughter of late president Alberto Fujimori, was declared the winner on Monday on her fourth bid for the top job, beating leftist Roberto Sanchez.

Fujimori vowed to restore "order and hope" after her victory.

"Each time we draw closer to starting on the path of order and hope for all Peruvians," Fujimori wrote on X after being proclaimed the winner of the June 7 election run-off.

Fujimori will be the country's 10th president since 2016.

Fujimori, 51, said last week that she aims to unite a country "divided in two" and pledged to reduce crime and address the deep inequality prevalent throughout the Andean nation.

Fujimori's victory comes after three failed attempts at the presidency, cementing Latin America's rightward shift and establishing the return of one of Peru's most dominant political dynasties of the last three decades.

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