Fujimori consolidates her position as the favorite for the second round in Peru.
Candidate Keiko Fujimori has consolidated her position as the favorite in the race against rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for the presidency in Peru, one week before the second round of the election; according to a poll conducted by the Ipsos institute, the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who is imprisoned, would have 45,9% of the votes, while Kuczynski, a former World Bank economist and favorite of the financial markets, would get 40,6% of the valid votes.
Reuters - Candidate Keiko Fujimori has consolidated her position as the frontrunner in the race against rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for the presidency in Peru, one week before the second round of the election, according to a poll released this Sunday.
The daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who is imprisoned, would receive 45,9 percent of the vote, while Kuczynski, a former World Bank economist favored by financial markets, would get 40,6 percent, according to a poll by Ipsos published by the newspaper El Comercio.
According to the survey, 13,5 percent of respondents would spoil their ballot or leave it blank in the second round, on June 5.
In valid votes, Fujimori has 53,1 percent of the voting intentions, compared to 46,9 percent for Kuczynski.
The Ipsos poll, conducted between May 26 and 27 with 1.815 voters, has a margin of error of 2,3 percentage points.