Reuters: Peru's Kuczynski leads Fujimori in tight presidential election
Former Wall Street executive Pedro Pablo Kuczynski held a narrow lead in Peru's presidential election with partial results showing him less than 1 percentage point ahead of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former authoritarian leader.
With 91 percent of all votes counted on Monday, Kuczynski - known in Peru by his initials PPK - had 50.32 percent support while Fujimori trailed on 49.68 percent. The gap had narrowed slightly from the previous count.
Fujimori had long been the favorite to win the election, but Kuczynski caught up with her in the final days of the campaign as Peruvians weighed the authoritarian legacy of her father former president Alberto Fujimori and fresh scandals involving her close advisers.
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