Peru: Millions voted to elect a new President in Peru on Sunday amid widespread demonstrations across the country.
The contest pits a leftist promising a revolution for the poor against an ex-president who left the country in economic chaos. Also in the race is Lourdes Flores, a business-friendly conservative bidding to be Peru's first female leader.
Presidential candidate, Ollanta Humala, who faces allegations of human right abuses and killings as an army commander had to face demonstrators at an election booth in Peru.
Surveys had shown Humala holding a slight lead over his two main rivals, but he is unlikely to garner more than 50 per cent needed to avoid a runoff.
But Humala had a wider lead in an unofficial voting sample more representative of the nation. Those results, from the widely respected election watchdog Transparencia, showed him with 29.9 per cent of the vote, while Flores and Garcia had 24.4 per cent and 24.3 per cent respectively.
The projection, based on 928 voting tables, had an error margin of less than 1 per cent.
Exit polls and early official results indicated an extremely close race, with a slight lead for Ollanta Humala. None of the candidates was expected to get more than 50 per cent of the vote, and a runoff between the two top finishers was likely in late May or early June.
With 30 per cent of the vote counted, Humala had 27.6 per cent, Flores had 26.7 per cent and Garcia had 25.7 per cent.
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