The official certification of Peru’s April 12 first-round presidential results has locked in trader consensus that Roberto Sánchez Palomino secured second place behind Keiko Fujimori. A month-long tabulation process, marked by incremental regional counts and final ONPE verification, showed Sánchez finishing at roughly 12 percent—narrowly ahead of Rafael López Aliaga—after consolidating support from left-leaning voters tied to former President Pedro Castillo’s network. The highly fragmented field of more than 30 candidates prevented any contender from approaching a majority, funneling decisive margins toward the top two. While isolated fraud allegations surfaced during the count, none altered the established order, leaving minimal room for shifts absent an unforeseen reversal in the final certification.