The day after celebrating the elections in Peru on April 10, the results were clear: there will be a second round. In accordance with the official numbers from the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), with 72.373% of the electoral tickets counted, Keiko Fujimori extends her advantage over Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and will be the rival to Ollanta Humalla, who currently maintains first place with 29.02% of the votes.
Bloggers, candidates, and analysts coincide that this result is principally “an angry vote”, a vote of punishment for the economic policies managed by the governments in recent years that have fomented growth and created a new prosperity that curiously does not sit equally with everyone, but rather has further accentuated the gap between the extremes on the socioeconomic scale.
Bloggers, candidates, and analysts coincide that this result is principally “an angry vote”, a vote of punishment for the economic policies managed by the governments in recent years that have fomented growth and created a new prosperity that curiously does not sit equally with everyone, but rather has further accentuated the gap between the extremes on the socioeconomic scale.
“The people are very divided”, said an engineering student from San Martin de Porres, who like many better educated Peruvians voted for Kuczinski. “What you have got here are older men who are very nationalist, very leftist and are voting for Humala and women who work in the community kitchens who are Fujimoristas”, he said.
With no candidate expected to capture a simply majority, the top two vote-getters will meet in June 5th.
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