It is still too close to call for a polarized landing for the Peruvian presidency Election news

Peru’s left-wing presidential candidate Pedro Castillo has taken the lead but is stepping up his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori on Monday, but the results a highly polarized survey be too close to call.

With more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Castillo was ahead of Fujimo with a 50.2 percent support compared to his 49.8 percent.

Sunday’s elimination came amid years of political instability in Peru, and efforts are being made to address that as well. Increasing COVID-19 infection and death rates and the associated economic decline. The country last week reported the highest per capita coronavirus death rate in the world.

“We won’t know (the winner) until the final vote,” political scientist Jessica Smith told AFP news agency. “It’s still very certain – the difference is too narrow and we have to wait for the official result.”

Due to uncertainty over who the next president of the country would be on Monday, the Lima stock market plunged and the sol fell to a record 3.92 against the US dollar.

Tight results can take a few days uncertainty and tension, the vote also highlights the significant division between the capital Lima and the nation’s rural hinterland, which has prompted Castillo’s unexpected rise.

“All we want right now is democracy, everything to be democratic. The one who wins, the one who supports the other and doesn’t start a problem,” Lima voter Lili Rocha told Reuters after a few clashes broke out overnight.

As reported by Lima on Monday, Al Jazeera’s Mariana Sanchez said that while she was too close to call a vote, she seems to be spreading her advantage over Castillo Fujimo.

“He will win with very few votes,” Sanchez said of the competition, explaining that votes cast from abroad could be key. “Initially, it was said that two-thirds of those votes would help Fujimo, however, the trend so far abroad is that one-third of those votes are in favor of Keiko Fujimo and Castillo,” he said. .

Sanchez added that the rural vote will also be very important, and said he would “definitely help” Castillo because he campaigned extensively in those parts of the country.

Meanwhile, the head of the Castillo teachers’ union is meeting all day from the headquarters in Lima on Monday. “People here are in a celebratory atmosphere, as you can imagine, because the numbers continue to provide leadership,” Sanchez said.

Monday was the first time he had moved in front of Castillo since the start of the publication of partial official results late on Sunday, although the difference was very small.

Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gestured to supporters the day after the second election in Lima on June 7 [Gerardo Marin/Reuters]

Under the leadership of Fujimori, the daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, the head of Peru’s highest electoral body warned that many rural polling stations – Castillo Fort – had yet to be counted.

Both candidates have promised to respect the results.

Fujimori, who has denied allegations of corruption in Peru, has pledged to maintain economic stability in Peru “with a strong mother’s hand”. If he wins, he hopes so sorry dad, who is now serving a prison sentence for rights violations.

The champion of the poor, Castillo has promised to redraft the constitution in order to strengthen the role of the state and achieve a greater share of the profits of the mining companies.

They had many in Peru he expressed frustration with the country’s political turmoil on the eve of the first round of voting in April.

Street vendor Natalia Flores told Reuters on Sunday that she did not vote for both candidates, but hoped the winner would do a good job.

“I think everyone who comes forward will have to do a good job because the problem of the Peru pandemic is financially dire for us. The work is unstable,” he said. “Whether it’s Mr. Castillo or Ms. Keiko (Fujimori), I hope they do a good job for the next five years.”