Peru Candidate Demands New Election After Fraud Claims Are Rejected by Observers

Peruvian conservative candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga has called for Peru’s first-round election to be annulled and repeated, alleging fraud without providing evidence.

The call comes after a disputed vote process marked by logistical problems, including delays in delivering ballot materials to some polling places. Peru’s electoral authorities said those delays were caused by distribution problems.

EU election observers said they saw serious problems in the process but no evidence or sufficient grounds for claims of fraud. Other monitoring groups and officials also rejected blanket fraud accusations.

The clash has become the central post-election dispute as counting continues and officials work to finalize the result. The open question now is whether Lopez Aliaga will formally file an annulment request or other legal challenge.

No change to the official result had been announced in the verified reporting available at publication time.