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Dan Collyns in Lima

MYSTERIOUS: Peru extends voting for president into monday after chaos at polling stations | Mind Blowing Facts

A police officer puts up a sign outside a polling station
A police officer puts up a sign outside a polling station in the district of Lurín, Peru, on Monday, after voting was extended by a day. Photograph: John Reyes Mejia/EPA

Peruvians will have to wait at least until the end of Monday to know the result of the presidential election held on Sunday, after the voting process descended into chaos in some polling stations due to a lack of ballot papers or defective computers.

In an unprecedented move, Peru’s electoral agency ONPE announced on Sunday night that it would extend voting for an extra day to allow tens of thousands of Peruvians in the country and abroad, who had been unable to vote, to cast their ballots.

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