Close runoff seen in Peru election as Fujimori loses ground: poll
Close runoff seen in Peru election as Fujimori loses ground: poll
Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:23pm EST
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian presidential election favorite Keiko Fujimori is losing ground to technocrat Julio Guzman, whose candidacy faces legal questions, and may be heading toward a tight run-off vote, according to a poll published Sunday.
Center-right Fujimori, the daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, has consistently topped the polls and remains the frontrunner to win the first round of the April 10 election. Some 30 percent backed her in the latest Ipsos survey, published in the newspaper El Comercio, down from 33 percent in the previous poll.
Guzman, who has risen quickly in the polls since the start of the year despite questions over the legality of his candidacy, would take around 18 percent, according to the poll.
If no candidate gains half the votes in the first round, the top two go to a runoff in June. In such a case, the result would be very close, with Fujimori likely to gain 45 percent of support to 43 percent for Guzman, the poll showed.
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