Tag: Keiko Fujimori

• Monday, June 6th 2016 - 07:54 UTC

  Kuczynski has a slight lead over Keiko in the Peruvian presidential runoff

  

  Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president, as early results came in from Peru's presidential election on Sunday. The 77-year-old Kuczynski had 50.59% support while Fujimori had 49.41% with about 52% of votes counted.

• Friday, June 3rd 2016 - 09:30 UTC

  Peru's next president: no economic surprises with a strong dash of populism

  

  Less than a decade after Peru imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, voters will decide on Sunday whether to put his 41-year-old daughter back in the presidential palace where she once served as his first lady.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 06:34 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori seems set to become Peru's next president on June 5 runoff

  

  Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori built a significant lead over Pedro Pablo Kuczynski just one week ahead of Peru's runoff election on June 5. The latest Ipsos poll shows 43% of Peru’s voters support Fujimori, compared to 38% for Kuczynski. Fujimori’s five-point lead reflects political momentum in her favor since the same poll a week ago gave her a three-point advantage.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2016 - 08:42 UTC

  Keiko with slight lead over Kuczynski ahead of Peruvian presidential runoff

  

  Peruvian presidential contender Keiko Fujimori has a slight lead over rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ahead of the June 5 run-off election, according to a poll published on Sunday. The two pro-business candidates emerged from a first round election on April 10.

• Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 11:46 UTC

  Kuczynski leads with 50.1% vote intention, ahead of 5 June Peruvian presidential runoff

  

  Presidential candidate of Peruvians for Change, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), has a vote intention of 50.1%, while Popular Strength presidential candidate, Keiko Fujimori garnered 49.9% of the votes ahead of the 5 June runoff, according to the latest GFK survey, released this week.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 11:03 UTC

  Kuczynski leads opinion polls for the June 5 Peruvian presidential runoff

  

  Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski continues to hold his lead over conservative Keiko Fujimori ahead of the June 5 runoff presidential election. Kuczynski, also known by his initials PPK, is projected to win with 43% of the vote ahead of Fujimori's 39%, according to the latest Ipsos public opinion poll conducted between April 20 and 22.

• Monday, April 11th 2016 - 06:31 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori wins first presidential round in Peru, but polls anticipate she could lose the run-off

  

  Fujimori, the conservative daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori, won the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday but she will likely face center-right economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a tight run-off. Exit polls and early official results showed Fujimori with close to 40% support, falling well short of the 50% needed for an outright victory.

• Saturday, April 9th 2016 - 21:42 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori poised to win Peru's first round presidential election, but opposition to her has climbed to 51%

  

  Keiko Fujimori is poised to win the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday, but with insufficient votes to avoid a second round on June 5, according to the latest survey with data collected on April 6. The Ipso poll showed Keiko with 37.7% of valid votes, and a double digit lead over each of her nine rivals.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 08:47 UTC

  Peru presidential election next 10 April with no clear winner

  Veronika Mendoza, a 35-year-old leftist presidential contender in Peru who is promising a new constitution to weaken the country's business elite jumped 5 percentage points in a poll and was seen as statistically tied at second with investor-favourite Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

  Peru's Humala begins his last year in office with defeat in congress and 80% disapproval

  

  Peruvian lawmakers elected an opposition legislator as head of Congress in a new but hardly unsurprising defeat for the ruling party and increasingly unpopular President Ollanta Humala who this week begins the last year in office. GfK polls indicate the president has a disapproval rating of 80%.