Elections in Peru: the most fragmented elections in its history closed, but there are no official results yet

04/11/2021 21:23

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Updated 04/11/2021 21:23

At the worst moment of the coronavirus pandemic and in the midst of a political crisis that last year led to three presidents in a week,

Peruvians

voted to elect a new president in the most fragmented elections in their history.

Voting centers closed in Peru at 9:00 p.m. (Argentine time) and the counting of the votes of the contested presidential and legislative elections immediately began.

According to the electoral flash of

Ipsos Peru

for América Televisión, Pedro Castillo, Peru Libre's candidate for the Presidency, would occupy the first place of the vote with 16.8% of the valid votes.

Five other candidates would fight vote by vote upon arrival at the ballot.

Of the 18 candidates in contention, it was clear that none would be victorious in this first round.

The successor of President Francisco Sagasti will be decided in the June 6 ballot.

However, the first results would be released only at midnight in Argentina, according to what was reported by the

AFP

agency

.

The election was held under a deep

political crisis

and amid the

disenchantment of the population

with the discredited

political elite

.

All former Peruvian presidents who ruled since 1985 are peppered

with corruption cases

, some imprisoned or arrested.

One, Alan García, committed suicide before being captured by the police and two others, despite being prosecuted, are running for president and parliament.

In twelve years,

57 former governors and 2,002 former mayors

were prosecuted or are at large.

More than 86,000 polling stations were open for 12 hours to avoid crowds and infections by the virus that killed 384 people on Saturday, the highest daily figure since the pandemic began, with 

collapsed hospitals and the increase in deaths of infected in home

.

In addition to being president, Peruvians elected

130 legislators

and five Peruvian parliamentarians to the Andean Parliament.

News in development.

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