LIMA — Keiko Fujimori was elected president of Peru on June 24, 2026, defeating Roberto Sánchez in the runoff election. Fujimori secured her victory by fewer than 50,000 votes out of 18.4 million total votes cast.

The electoral commission plans to officially announce Fujimori as president-elect on Friday, July 3, 2026. She is scheduled to take the oath of office on July 28, 2026. This marks Fujimori's fourth attempt at running for the presidency.

During the June 24 election, Fujimori received 21% of the vote in the Ayacucho region, while Sánchez received 79% in the same region. Rolando Rojas, a history professor at San Marcos University in Lima, expressed reservations about potential restrictions on personal liberties. "Based on her antecedents, there are going to be restrictions on personal liberties. There are sectors that will be persecuted. The press will be tamed, and there will be repression whenever there are demonstrations," Rojas said.

Yovana Mendoza also voiced opposition to Fujimori's election. "We don't accept Keiko as president," Mendoza said. She further stated, "Now, we're going to have a dictatorship again. Anyone who protests knows what's coming. You will be shot, jailed, tortured, beaten." Mendoza's brother, Jhon Mendoza, was shot dead by soldiers in Ayacucho in December 2022.

The December 2022 protests in Peru followed the ouster of President Pedro Castillo. Ten civilian protesters were killed by a Peruvian army patrol in December 2022, one week after Castillo's detention. An Amnesty International report stated that the military used force indiscriminately during those protests. Fujimori's party, Popular Force, defended the security forces' killings of 49 protesters in cities across Peru during that period.

Popular Force also supported laws requiring that police and armed forces be tried in military rather than civilian courts. Additionally, the party supported a ban on Peruvian nonprofits providing legal support to families of those killed in protests. Keiko Fujimori's father, Alberto Fujimori, served as president of Peru from 1990 to 2000 and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for directing clandestine death squads.