Head of the National Office for Electoral Processes Mariano Cucho delivers the first official advance of the results of presidential run-off election in Lima, Peru, on June 5, 2016. (Xinhua/Eddy Ramos/ANDINA)
LIMA, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski maintained a slight lead over his rival Keiko Fujimori, the country's electoral official said on Monday.
Kuczynski had 50.32 percent of the vote against 49.68 percent for Fujimori, with 92.55 percent of votes counted, National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) director Mariano Cuchos said.
With less than one percentage point between the two candidates, the election is the tightest in Peru in 25 years, according to Peruvian daily El Comercio.
Presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of the Peruvians for Change (PPK) party waves to his supporters at the end of the second round of the presidential elections in the district of San Isidro, Lima Province, Peru, on June 5, 2016. (Xinhua/Luis Camacho)
Both sides are anxious to get a final result. However, Cucho said, both candidates should remain calm until all votes are fully tallied.
The tight race was likely due to a lack of ideological differences between the two candidates. Kuczynski and Fujimori could name the same Minister of Economy and nobody would be surprised, political analyst Arturo Maldonado told local media.
The winner will assume presidency on July 28 with a mandate of five years.
