Peru's Castillo set to be confirmed election winner as right-wing challenge founders

FILE PHOTO: Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo addresses supporters from the headquarters of the "Free Peru" party in Lima, Peru, June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - A bid by conservative Keiko Fujimori to flip the result of Peru's June 6 presidential election looks to have run out of road, setting the stage for socialist rival Pedro Castillo to be confirmed the Andean country's next leader.

The run-off vote had ended with political outsider Castillo ahead by a narrow margin of 44,000 votes, but the official result has been delayed by challenges from Fujimori to annul some ballots on claims of fraud, despite little evidence.