Peru Presidential Election Results Delayed Until Mid-May After Chaotic First Round

Peru's first-round presidential election results have been postponed until mid-May following a chaotic voting process that saw a record 35 candidates compete for the presidency. After processing 93.3 percent of votes, right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori leads with 17 percent of the vote. The unprecedented number of candidates and voting complications have created significant delays in the ballot counting process, forcing electoral authorities to push back the official announcement of results by several weeks.