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Exit polls suggest Peru candidates are neck-and-neck Peru candidates neck-and-neck as presidential votes are counted
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The first exit polls following Peru's presidential election suggest that the result is too close to call. Unofficial results in Peru's presidential election suggest the former World Bank executive, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, has a narrow lead.
Two of the three exit polls released suggest Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a former World Bank executive, has won. But Keiko Fujimori is within a percentage point of him, as counting continues.
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 had a strong lead ahead of the vote on Sunday but corruption scandals in her Popular Force party may have dented her support.
Official results are not expected until late on Sunday or early Monday. She is the daughter of Peru's former President, Alberto Fujimori.
He is in jail for crimes against humanity.
Ms Fujimori, 41, has said tackling crime is her priority.Ms Fujimori, 41, has said tackling crime is her priority.
She led in the polls after winning the first round of voting in April. She won the first round of voting in April.
But Mr Kuczynski, 77, an ex-Wall Street financier, narrowed the gap. Mr Kuczynski, 77, a former World Bank executive and ex-Wall Street financier, said he would use his international financial experience to promote economic growth.
During the campaign, he said he would use his international financial experience to promote economic growth. "We're going to have a government built on consensus. No more low blows or fights," he said, as the results started to come in.
Ms Fujimori won support from some Peruvians who credit her father with defeating the country's Maoist Shining Path rebel group in the 1990s.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.
If he wins, he will become the oldest ever president of Peru at the time of taking office.
Some 23 million Peruvians were eligible to vote voted on Sunday's 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.