Right-winger Fujimori poised to win Peru president runoff

Conservative Keiko Fujimori appeared on Tuesday to win Peru’s presidential election, setting the stage for the return of the Fujimori name to power decades after her father’s fall.

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The election has been one of the tightest Latin American leadership contests in decades, with crime and political instability dominating a race to choose the country’s ninth leader in a decade.

Keiko Fujimori’s victory would mark the return of her family name to power, more than two decades after the fall of her father, former president Alberto Fujimori.

With 99.86 percent of ballots tallied, Fujimori held 50.12 percent of the vote, a margin of just over 43,000 over her leftist rival Roberto Sanchez, according to data published online by the National Office of Electoral Processes.

Before declaring a winner, election officials need to process 131 tally sheets, which represent around 39,000 votes -- an insufficient number to allow Sanchez to catch up.