Both sides in Peru's contested election double down in weekend rallies

Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori gestures to supporters in Lima, Peru June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin

LIMA (Reuters) - Supporters of socialist Pedro Castillo and conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets by the thousands in Peru on Saturday, as tensions rose over the result of the June 6 presidential election.

Castillo was leading the official count while Fujimori sought to get votes annulled, although pollster Ipsos Peru said it had done a statistical analysis of the ballots and found no evidence of abnormal voting patterns that would have benefited one candidate over the other.