Peru's Fujimori and Kuczynski seen tied in poll on June run-off


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  • Friday, 22 Apr 2016

Peru's presidential candidates Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (L) and Keiko Fujimori (R) shake hands with Peru's electoral board president Francisco Tavara during a meeting in Lima, Peru, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

LIMA (Reuters) - Keiko Fujimori, the populist daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori, and her rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski were seen in a statistical dead-heat ahead of the June 5 presidential election, according to a poll by Datum.

Kuczynski, a former World Bank economist and prime minister, would win 41.1 percent of votes, compared to Fujimori's 40.4 percent, according to the Datum poll published in the local daily Gestion on Friday.

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