Now - ONPE offering first official results - watch live

[Derechos]

http://elcomercio.pe/envivo/elecciones-2011-3


See results on ONPE website at - http://www.elecciones2011.onpe.gob.pe/resultados2011/2davuelta/

[rabs]

1. Watching

With 12.6 million votes counted

Humala 50.087 percent

Keiko 49.913 percent

This likely is heading for a recount.

[Judi Lynn]

2. I just looked in, and Magdalena Chu was discussing the votes from Pacarán,

and there they have The Thing at 54.6, and Ollanta Humala at 45.3.

Damn.

[rabs]

3. The e-vote pilot program in Pacaran

only involved around 2,000 votes ... so no biggie there.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. Apparently a lot of the rural vote is yet to be counted. It looks like a done deal for Humala. But I

guess it ain't over until Roger Noriega sings..... Sorry couldn't help myself. :evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

8. Horrifying image, but it's a good one.

http://filer.livinginperu.com.nyud.net:8090/news/RogerNoriega.jpg
He warms up by whistling, first.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Pollsters say left-leaning Humala will win Peruvian election

Pollsters say left-leaning Humala will win Peruvian election
By Rafael Romo, CNNJune 6, 2011 -- Updated 0203 GMT (1003 HKT)

(CNN) -- Pollsters in Peru said Sunday that left-leaning Ollanta Humala looks poised to win the presidency, defeating rival Keiko Fujimori in a polarizing runoff election that pits the county's left and right against each other.

Early exit polls released as voting closed at 5 p.m. ET gave Humala as much as a 5-percentage-point lead over Fujimori, the daughter of a former president who's serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses.

Pollster CPI showed Humala with 52.5% of the vote and Fujimori with 47.5%. Ipsos Apoyo said Humala would win 52.6% of the ballots cast, while Fujimori would trail with 47.4%.

A watchdog election group later released a quick count of ballots, showing Humala would win with 51.5% of the vote, vs. Fujimori's 48.5%.

Official results are not expected until later Sunday.

More:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/06/05/peru.runoff/

[rabs]

6. Forget what the CNN dude is saying for now

because those figures are based on early exit polls.

The first official results from Madam Chu shows only a 0.174 percentage advantage for Humala.

Plus remember she advised Peruvians to not pay attention to early exit polls.

[Judi Lynn]

9. You have to wonder if Chu has been tutored in her craft by US Republicans.

They probably sent someone from Diebold.

[rabs]

7. Chile's Pinera has sent Humala congratulations

Pinera may have jumped the gun.