May 21, 2021
Daniel Cancel and Maria Cervantes, Bloomberg News
Pedro Castillo, presidential candidate for the Peru Libre party, speaks during a campaign rally in Piura, Peru, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Peruvian markets, considered one of the safest bets in Latin America, are coming under fire as former school teacher Castillo, whose party has praised leftists such as Hugo Chavez, is ahead in presidential polls. , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- Peru’s Pedro Castillo consolidated his lead in a new election poll released on Friday over Keiko Fujimori as the left wing educator looks to secure the presidency in a runoff on June 6.
In a vote simulation done by polling company Datum, Castillo received 45.5% compared with 40.1% for Fujimori, according to the data published in newspaper Gestion. That compares with a previous Datum simulation that had the difference at a more narrow 3.6 percentage points.
Voter intention, a slightly different gauge, had Castillo at 44.9% against 40.1% for Fujimori with 9.2% planning to spoil their ballot and 5.8% undecided, according to Datum. The poll surveyed 1,201 people between May 18 and 20 with a margin of error of 2.8%.
Peruvian markets have been whipsawed since the surprise first round vote in April that saw Castillo emerge from near obscurity to handily beat a crowded field of candidates. Fujimori, who has unsuccessfully sought the presidency in the two previous elections, is trying to claw back terrain after initially trailing by some 20 percentage points in polls.
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