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Peru candidates neck and neck ahead of election, polls say Exit polls suggest Peru candidates are neck-and-neck
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Peru's presidential candidates Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski are tied ahead of Sunday's election, according to last-minute opinion polls. The first exit polls following Peru's presidential election suggest that the result is too close to call.
Centre-right candidate Ms Fujimori, 41, had led in the polls after winning the first round of voting in April. Two of the three exit polls released suggest Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a former World Bank executive, has won.
But Mr Kuczynski, 77, an ex-Wall Street financier and World Bank executive, has since narrowed the gap. But the third poll gives a narrow lead to Keiko Fujimori - the daughter of the former President, Alberto Fujimori, who is in jail for crimes against humanity.
Ms Fujimori is the daughter of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who is in jail for crimes against humanity. Official results are not expected until late on Sunday or early Monday.
She has said tackling crime is her priority and won support from some Peruvians who credit her father with defeating the country's Maoist Shining Path rebel group. Ms Fujimori, 41, has said tackling crime is her priority.
She led in the polls after winning the first round of voting in April.
But Mr Kuczynski, 77, an ex-Wall Street financier, narrowed the gap.
During the campaign, he said he would use his international financial experience to promote economic growth.
Ms Fujimori won support from some Peruvians who credit her father with defeating the country's Maoist Shining Path rebel group in the 1990s.
Shadow of jailed ex-president cast over Peru pollsShadow of jailed ex-president cast over Peru polls
But others say they would never support anyone associated with her father, who is serving 25 years in prison for ordering death squads to massacre civilians during his attempts to end the insurgency.But others say they would never support anyone associated with her father, who is serving 25 years in prison for ordering death squads to massacre civilians during his attempts to end the insurgency.
Mr Kuczynski is supported by the main opposition forces, including prominent figures such as left-wing former candidate Veronika Mendoza and the Nobel Prize winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa.Mr Kuczynski is supported by the main opposition forces, including prominent figures such as left-wing former candidate Veronika Mendoza and the Nobel Prize winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa.
But he has faced scrutiny over his close relationship to the Peru's business elite.But he has faced scrutiny over his close relationship to the Peru's business elite.
Some 23 million Peruvians are voting on Sunday in the election to replace outgoing leftist President Ollanta Humala. Some 23 million Peruvians were eligible to vote voted on Sunday's election to replace outgoing leftist President Ollanta Humala.