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Peru’s Fujimori, leftist Sanchez deadlocked in presidential runoff poll

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LIMA, April 26 (Reuters) - ‌Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori is heading ​for a dead-heat presidential runoff against leftist Roberto Sanchez, a new ⁠poll showed on Sunday, as Peru's vote count drags on amid fraud allegations and a razor-thin battle ​for second place.

The daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori ‌would tie with Sanchez at 38% each in a June 7 runoff, polling firm Ipsos Peru said, in the ⁠first survey since the April 12 first ⁠round.

• The slow count has sparked fraud allegations from ultra-conservative Rafael Lopez Aliaga, who trails Sanchez by about 24,000 votes in the fight for second ‌place - a gap that has widened in recent days.

• ⁠Lopez Aliaga has demanded thousands of ‌votes be annulled as fraudulent, ​but European Union observers said they found no evidence to support the claims.

• With 95.8% of votes ‌counted, Fujimori leads with 17%, while ​Sanchez has 12% and ⁠Lopez Aliaga 11.9%.

• If Fujimori faces Lopez ‌Aliaga instead, she would ⁠lose 31%-34%, the poll showed.

• The Organization of American States on Friday backed the electoral board's rejection of ​demands for supplementary elections, ‌and called for "unrestricted respect for the popular will."

• Sanchez ⁠served as a minister ​under jailed former President Pedro Castillo.

(Reporting by Marco ​AquinoEditing by Bill Berkrot)

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