LIMA, April 12 (Reuters) – Right-leaning candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is leading Peru’s presidential race with 23.4% of the votes, early results of the official vote count showed Sunday.
Center-left candidate Jorge Nieto trailed with 16.4% of votes, with 5% of ballots counted.
A third candidate, right-wing Keiko Fujimori, had 16.1% of the votes.
If no candidate clears the 50% threshold needed to win outright, the two most-voted candidates would advance to a second round, scheduled for June 7.
(Reporting by Lucinda Elliott and Marco Aquino in Lima, editing by Cassandra Garrison )
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