Preliminary official results in Peru's presidential election point to the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori emerging as the winner of the first round.
Keiko Fujimori will likely face a former World Bank economist in a June runoff.
With 20 per cent of the ballots counted, Fujimori has 38 per cent of the votes cast in Sunday's election.
Investor-favourite Pedro Kuczynski has just under 26 per cent while leftist congresswoman Veronika Mendoza is in third with 16 per cent.
Full results may not be available until Monday, but two nationwide quick counts by polling firms indicated Kuczynski would beat Mendoza for the right to face off with Fujimori in June.
Such counts have been reliable indicators in previous Peruvian elections.
Fujimori had led opinion polls for months, but faces a competitive runoff scenario because half of Peruvians survey said they will never vote for anyone associated with her father, who is now imprisoned for human rights violations.
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