2016 Peruvian Presidential Election Run-Off Sunday June 05,2016

Peruvian voters will head to the polls Sunday June 05,2016 in a tight and contentious presidential runoff election that has pitted Keiko Fujimori against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

Peruvian presidential candidates Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (left) and Keiko Fujimori wave to the audience after a televised debate in Piura, May 22, 2016

 

No candidate broke the 50 % barrier in the first round of voting on April10,2016.

 Fujimori garnered support from 38 % of voters, followed by Kuczynski with 24.5 %

Opinion Polls show Keiko Fujimori is slightly ahead of former Prime Minister Pedro Kuczynski.

10 candidates ran for April's first-round of voting and none of them won a majority. 

The run-off between Fujimori and Kuczynski, the top two candidates is set to take place on Sunday 

 Voting stations will open at 8 AM on Sunday, local time. The count will start on the same day.

Keiko Fujimori is the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who was in office during the 1990s. She has gained support by promising the leadership she has inherited from her father.

The election has triggered protests, with people carrying signs reading “Fujimori never again.” Fujimori, 41, is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, 77, a former Peruvian president and strongman who ruled the country 1990-2000 and is now serving a 25-year prison term for charges including corruption and crimes against humanity. He put an end to the Maoist Shining Path rebels and reduced hyperinflation during his presidency. While his daughter has embraced his economic legacy, she has tried to distance herself from darker aspects of his rule.

Keiko Fujimori is facing off against Kuczynski, 77, popularly known as PPK. He is a well-known economist and former prime minister who has also spent stints at the World Bank and in private investing. Both he and Fujimori share free market policies advocating for greater deregulation and free trade.