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Lima, Jul 19 (EFE).- Leftist Pedro Castillo was announced as the new president-elect of Peru on Monday, a month and a half after an election in which the right-wing contender Keiko Fujimori alleged "systematic fraud" without presenting any reliable evidence.After declaring the latest legal challenges presented by Fujimori as unfounded, the National Elections Jury (JNE) endorsed the results of the June 6 poll, where Castillo obtained 50.12 percent of the votes, just 44,263 votes ahead of Fujimori.Dina Boluarte was also proclaimed vice president in the plenary session of the JNE held via videoconference. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE B-ROLL OF LEFTIST PEDRO CASTILLO.
Lima, Jul 19 (EFE).- Leftist Pedro Castillo was announced as the new president-elect of Peru on Monday, a month and a half after an election in which the right-wing contender Keiko Fujimori alleged "systematic fraud" without presenting any reliable evidence. After declaring the latest legal challenges presented by Fujimori as unfounded, the National Elections Jury (JNE) endorsed the results of the June 6 poll, where Castillo obtained 50.12 percent of the votes, just 44,263 votes ahead of Fujimori. Dina Boluarte was also proclaimed vice president in the plenary session of the JNE held via videoconference. (Camera: MIKHAIL HUACAN).SHOT LIST: THE LEFTIST PEDRO CASTILLO GREETS AND SPEAKS TO HIS SUPPORTERS FROM A BALCONY AFTER BEING PROCLAIMED PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE COUNTRY, IN LIMA, PERU.
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu, declared winner of Nigeria's fiercely disputed presidential elections, receives the certificate of return, a formal document confirming their election victory, at the National Collation centre in Abuja. IMAGES
Hakainde Hichilema slams Zambia's outgoing "brutal regime" at a press conference hours after winning a landslide victory in presidential elections. It was Hichilema's sixth bid for the top job and his third challenge to his bitter rival Edgar Lungu, after losing to Lungu by a wafer-thin 100,000-vote margin in 2016. SOUNDBITE
Zambia's veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema speaks to supporters after becoming president in his sixth bid for the top job. After a campaign dominated by the country's economic woes and marked by sporadic violence, Hichilema garnered 2,810,757 votes against 1,814,201 for President Edgar Lungu, according to nearly final results. SOUNDBITE