# Peru's eighth president in a decade to be picked in a Fujimori–Sánchez runoff
> Months after Congress ousted Boluarte, a fragmented 35-candidate field narrows to far-right Keiko Fujimori versus the left's Roberto Sánchez

**Meta:** type: story · date: 2026-06-07 · heads: Qui décide, Ce qui a cassé · 9 takes · 3 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

[Peru](/fr/entity/peru) held the first round of its general election on 12–13 April 2026 and a runoff on
7 June ([Qui décide](/fr/head/who-decides)). Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular) finished first with 17.19%; Roberto
Sánchez (Juntos por el Perú) took second on 12.03%, edging far-right businessman Rafael López
Aliaga. The field ran to 35 candidates, a measure of Peru's party fragmentation ([Ce qui a cassé](/fr/head/what-broke)).
The vote follows Congress's near-unanimous October 2025 removal of President Dina Boluarte — 122–0
— after a crime wave; conservative congress head José Jerí became Peru's eighth president in ten
years, serving until the 28 July 2026 handover. The JNE rejected, 3–2, a bid to annul the first
round, keeping the runoff on schedule. Security and organised crime dominated the campaign.

## By the numbers

- 8 — presidents Peru has had in roughly ten years.
- 122–0 — congressional vote that ousted Boluarte in October 2025.
- 17.19% vs 12.03% — Fujimori's and Sánchez's first-round shares.
- 35 — candidates in the first round.
- 28 Jul 2026 — date the new president takes office.

## Why it matters

Chronic presidential turnover has hollowed Peru's executive and left Congress as the dominant
power. The runoff sets whether a Fujimori restoration entrenches that bloc or a left victory reopens
institutional conflict — in a country gripped by extortion and homicide.

## What to watch

- Final certification of the 7 June result and any annulment challenges.
- The 28 July handover from Jerí and the new president's congressional base.
- Whether the winner can govern a fragmented Congress or faces early removal threats.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### unlabelled
- **Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE)** (Peru, es) — Peru's national electoral-process office — the official tabulation authority for the 12–13 April first round and 7 June runoff, and the documentary source for the vote shares cited below.
  > "Official results body for Peru's 2026 general election, first round 12–13 April, runoff 7 June."
  Source: https://www.onpe.gob.pe/
- **NPR** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122536/peru-presidential-runoff
- **Americas Quarterly** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/reaction-peru-runoff-is-too-close-to-call-again/
- **AS/COA** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.as-coa.org/articles/poll-tracker-perus-2026-presidential-election
- **Britannica** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Perus-2026-Presidential-Election-Explained
- **Atlantic Council** (United States, en) — 
  Source: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/four-questions-and-expert-answers-about-perus-presidential-impeachment-and-whats-next/
- **Wikipedia (2026 Peruvian general election)** (Global, en) — 
  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peruvian_general_election

### centre-left national daily
- **La República** (Peru, es) — Reads the runoff against the institutional collapse that produced it — eight presidents in ten years, Boluarte's near-unanimous October ouster, and a 35-way first round that left two unloved candidates standing in a security-dominated campaign.
  > "From a 35-candidate field, Peru is left choosing between Fujimori and Sánchez amid a crime emergency."
  Source: https://larepublica.pe/

### centre-right establishment daily
- **El Comercio** (Peru, es) — The conservative Lima paper foregrounds governability and the markets, treating a Fujimori win as continuity with the congressional bloc that removed Boluarte while warning a Sánchez presidency would reopen left–right institutional conflict.
  > "The runoff frames Peru's choice between continuity with Congress and a return to the left."
  Source: https://elcomercio.pe/

## Across the graph
- Related: [[election-calendar-h2-2026]]
- Entities: Peru

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