Sunday, April 11, 2021

Leftist candidate Pedro Castillo leading 

LIMA (Reuters) - Leftist candidate Pedro Castillo is leading in the Peruvian presidential election with 15.8% of votes, according to a first official release of results with 11.4% of votes counted
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© Reuters/VIDAL TARQUI/ANDINA Presidential and parliamentary elections in Peru

Castillo was followed by liberal economist Hernando de Soto with 14.48% of the vote, followed by ultra-right candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga with 13.13% and Keiko Fujimori with 12.19% of the vote, electoral officials said in a live broadcast.

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(Reporting by Aislinn Laing; Editing by Himani Sarkar)


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