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The first results from exit polls show that Popular Action of Peru candidate Jorge Muñoz, will likely be elected mayor of Lima (Peru's capital) in the municipal and regional elections that took place this Sunday.
According to the pollster Ipsos, Muñoz would have obtained 32.4 percent of popular support, followed by the Podemos Peru (PP) party candidate Daniel Urresti, who had 21.1 percent of the votes.
In third place is Peru Patria Segura party candidate Renzo Reggiardo with 9.9 percent support, while Popular Christian Party (PPC) member Alberto Beingolea reached 4.3 percent.
TeleSUR's correspondent Jaime Herrera explained that the candidate for the Fujimori leaning Popular Force (FP) party Ditel Columbus, only achieved 2 percent in the elections, according to results of the poll.
#PeruDecide @JorgeMunozAP Virtual alcalde de #Lima llama a los demás candidatos a poner a disposición sus planes de gobierno para alcanzar concertación pic.twitter.com/GuQYcJeR1G
— Jaime Herrera (@JaimeteleSUR) October 7, 2018
Local media have reported that the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) will publish the first official results over the course of the night.
A representative of Popular Action has not assumed the mayor's office of Lima for 38 years after Luis Bedoya Reyes (1963) and Eduardo Orrego Villacorta (1980).
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