Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential race by razor-thin margin

The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.

She will be Peru’s ninth president in 10 years when she takes office later this month.

The 51-year-old won 50.135% of voters' support in the runoff, held on 7 June, to 49.865% for left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez – a margin of less than 50,000 votes, figures certified by Peru's electoral court show.

The daughter of the late, disgraced ex-leader Alberto Fujimori, the conservative president-elect thanked Peruvians for their support in an X post shortly after the event.