Rafael López Aliaga holds a commanding market position for third place in Peru’s April 12 first-round presidential vote because the near-complete official tally places him narrowly behind Roberto Sánchez for the runoff spot. Early counts briefly showed López Aliaga ahead, yet the final figures with more than 99 percent of ballots processed confirm Fujimori in first, Sánchez in second, and López Aliaga third by roughly 13,000 votes. Sánchez’s late surge among left-leaning voters and the absence of any successful legal challenges to the results have locked in this ordering. While López Aliaga has alleged irregularities and called for annulment, electoral authorities and observers have found no evidence to alter the certified outcome ahead of the June 7 runoff.