Candidate calls for new election in Peru, claiming fraud without evidence

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Apr 15, 2026 · 63 words

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Candidate calls for new election in Peru, claiming fraud without evidence Candidate calls for new election in Peru, claiming fraud without evidence Peru’s conservative presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is urging officials to declare Sunday’s general…

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What happened

Why it matters

European election observers say there were ‘serious problems’ but no evidence of fraud.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Peru’s conservative presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is urging officials to declare Sunday’s general election ‘null and void’.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Peru’s conservative presidential candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is urging officials to declare Sunday’s general election ‘null and void’”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that Rafael Lopez Aliaga called for the election to be declared null and void. This is reported in the web search results and referenced in the context of the 2026 Peruvian post-election crisis.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Peru between 12–13 April, with a runoff scheduled for 7 June 2026 to elect the president, vice presidents and the national legislature. This was after the proposals to b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peruvian_general_election

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Peruvian post-election crisis is a political crisis that followed the first round of the 2026 Peruvian general election. It originated from delays by the National Office of Electoral Processe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peruvian_post-electoral_c…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rafael Bernardo López Aliaga Cazorla (born 11 February 1961) is a Peruvian businessman, industrial engineer and far-right politician who served as mayor of Lima from 2023 to 2025. He is currently the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_López_Aliaga

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Claim 2: “European election observers say there were... no evidence of fraud”

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A web search result explicitly states that 'The EU election observation mission hasn’t reported any evidence of fraud,' which directly supports the claim that observers found no evidence of fraud.

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Claim 3: “European election observers say there were ‘serious problems’”

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While the evidence mentions delays in distributing materials (which could be seen as 'problems'), there is no specific quote or report from European observers explicitly stating there were 'serious problems' in the provided text. The search results for this specific claim are either general election info or unrelated.

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web search NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Peru between 12–13 April, with a runoff scheduled for 7 June 2026 to elect the president, vice presidents and the national legislature. This was after the proposals to b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peruvian_general_election

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web search NEUTRAL — European Elections 2024. Election results.Provisional results: First results as presented by the Member State's official election authority on the basis of a percentage of votes counted.
https://results.elections.europa.eu/

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web search NEUTRAL — Peru’s conservative presidential candidate, Rafael López Aliaga, urged authorities to annul the April 12, 2026, general election, alleging electoral manipulation. This market will resolve to “Yes” if …
https://polymarket.com/zh-hant/event/peru-general-election-i…

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Claim 4: “alleging the vote was rigged”

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Multiple sources confirm Lopez Aliaga alleged the vote was rigged or that 'gigantic fraud' occurred.

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