PERUVIAN electoral authorities confirmed on Sunday the official results of April’s first round of the presidential elections, with Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sanchez advancing to the run-off on June 7.

The final vote count was released on Friday, but it had to be confirmed by Peru’s National Elections Board to set the second round as none of the candidates received more than half the valid votes.

Congresswoman Fujimori, the daughter of the late President Alberto Fujimori and candidate for Fuerza Popular, gathered 2.8 million votes, or 17.19 per cent of the total. She reached a presidential run-off for the fourth time.

Mr Sanchez, of Juntos por el Peru party and a former foreign trade minister under former president Pedro Castillo, got 2.015 million votes, or 12.03 per cent.

Both beat 33 other candidates with promises to put an end to surging crime, the top priority for Peruvians whose country’s mining-driven economy has proved resilient to political instability.

More than 70 per cent of voters did not choose either Ms Fujimori or Mr Sanchez in the first round, meaning both candidates will have to form coalitions if they hope to win in the run-off.