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| Peru election: Early results suggest Humala victory | |
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| First results in Peru's presidential election run-off suggest leftist Ollanta Humala has a narrow lead over right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori. | |
| The polls indicated a lead of about 2% for Mr Humala, a one-time ally of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. | |
| Ms Fujimori is the daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori. | Ms Fujimori is the daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori. |
| The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum - a fact that worried some Peruvians who said they would not vote for either of them. | The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum - a fact that worried some Peruvians who said they would not vote for either of them. |
| Preliminary results from three separate polling companies indicated Mr Humala had won around 51% of the vote, with Ms Fujimori trailing at around 49%. | |
| Mr Humala and Ms Fujimori led the field after the first round on 10 April, which saw the defeat of three centrist candidates. | |
| No candidate gained more than the 50% needed to win the election outright. | |
| Reluctant voters | Reluctant voters |
| If Mr Humala is confirmed as the winner, he will succeed Alan Garcia, who could not stand for a second term. | If Mr Humala is confirmed as the winner, he will succeed Alan Garcia, who could not stand for a second term. |
| Ollanta Humala, 48, comes from a left-wing tradition of greater state intervention. He staged a short-lived rebellion against Alberto Fujimori in 2000 and narrowly lost to Mr Garcia in the last presidential election in 2006. | Ollanta Humala, 48, comes from a left-wing tradition of greater state intervention. He staged a short-lived rebellion against Alberto Fujimori in 2000 and narrowly lost to Mr Garcia in the last presidential election in 2006. |
| He campaigned on a promise to increase the state's role in the economy and redistribute wealth to Peru's poor majority. | He campaigned on a promise to increase the state's role in the economy and redistribute wealth to Peru's poor majority. |
| His critics fear he will embark on interventionist policies similar to those of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, although Mr Humala says he is more in sympathy with Brazil's moderate left-wing approach. | His critics fear he will embark on interventionist policies similar to those of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, although Mr Humala says he is more in sympathy with Brazil's moderate left-wing approach. |
| He has also denied allegations that he committed human rights abuses during the fight against Shining Path rebels in the 1990s when he was an army captain. | He has also denied allegations that he committed human rights abuses during the fight against Shining Path rebels in the 1990s when he was an army captain. |
| Keiko Fujimori, 36, appeals to Peruvians who still admire her father, president for a decade from 1990. He is now serving a 25-year jail sentence for corruption and organising death squads. | Keiko Fujimori, 36, appeals to Peruvians who still admire her father, president for a decade from 1990. He is now serving a 25-year jail sentence for corruption and organising death squads. |
| She has defended his record, saying by taming hyper-inflation and defeating Marxist Shining Path rebels, he laid the basis for Peru's current economic boom. | She has defended his record, saying by taming hyper-inflation and defeating Marxist Shining Path rebels, he laid the basis for Peru's current economic boom. |
| She supports free-market economic policies, advocates a tough approach to crime and has promised to improve social programmes and infrastructure in poor areas. | She supports free-market economic policies, advocates a tough approach to crime and has promised to improve social programmes and infrastructure in poor areas. |
| Critics say her main aim is to secure a pardon for her father, a claim she denies. | |
| If the final result differs from the preliminary polls and she wins the election, she would become Peru's first woman president. | |
| Voting is compulsory in Peru but surveys before the election suggested that around 10% of voters could abstain or spoil their ballots, Reuters news agency said. | Voting is compulsory in Peru but surveys before the election suggested that around 10% of voters could abstain or spoil their ballots, Reuters news agency said. |