Counting continues in Peru election as runoff with Fujimori seems likely

Lima -

Peru's presidential race remained wide open on Monday, with roughly half the ballots still uncounted after a second day of extended voting, leaving conservative Keiko Fujimori in the lead but no clear challenger for a ​likely June runoff.

A tight race for Fujimori's second-place challenger started to take shape, with right-leaning former Lima Mayor Rafael Lopez Aliaga, center-left candidate Jorge ‌Nieto, ‌and outsider Ricardo Belmont clustered within a narrow band. Each was polling between 10%-14%, with just under 60% of ballots ​counted.

Long lines persisted outside polling stations in parts of Lima during the day as voters returned to cast votes for president and a new bicameral Congress after widespread delays hampered Sunday's general election.

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