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Garcia Beats Flores for Runoff Against Humala

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From Times Wires Reports

Former President Alan Garcia edged ex-lawmaker Lourdes Flores to reach a presidential runoff, the head of Peru’s National Election Board said.

Garcia will face Ollanta Humala in the June 4 vote, Election Board president Enrique Mendoza said.

With 99.98% of votes counted, Garcia had 24.3% to Flores’ 23.8%. They were separated by just 64,434 votes after almost 12.3 million ballots had been tallied. There were 20 candidates in the April 9 election.

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