Peru election results delayed after thousands get a one-day voting extension

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian voters will have to wait until at least Monday to learn the outcome of Sunday’s presidential election after the process was mired with logistical issues that even left thousands of people in the country and abroad unable to cast ballots.

The problems prompted electoral authorities to allow more than 52,000 residents of Peru’s capital, Lima, to vote on Monday. The extension, announced after vote counting began Sunday evening, also covers Peruvians registered to vote in Orlando, Florida, and Paterson, New Jersey.

Authorities initially reported 63,300 people could vote Monday but later revised down the figure.

Voting is mandatory for Peruvians from the ages of 18 to 70. Failure to do so comes with a fine of up to $32.

A former minister, a comedian and a political heiress are among 35 candidates vying to become Peru’s ninth president in just 10 years.

The election comes amid a surge in violent crime and corruption that has fueled widespread discontent among voters, who largely view candidates as dishonest and unprepared for the presidency. Many of the contenders have responded to the crime concerns with wide-ranging proposals, including building megaprisons, restricting food for prisoners and reinstating the death penalty for serious crimes.

Nurse Heidy Justiniano had not decided who to vote for while already in line outside a public school in Lima.

“There’s so much crime, so many robberies on every corner; a bus driver was killed. What matters most to us right now is safety, the lives of every person,” Justiniano, 33, said. “Politicians don’t always keep their promises. This time, we have to choose our president wisely so that he can improve Peru.”

More than 27 million people are registered to vote. Of those, about 1.2 million cast ballots abroad, mainly in the United States and Argentina.

A presidential candidate needs more than 50% of votes to win outright. However, a runoff in June is virtually assured given the deeply divided electorate and the pool of candidates, the largest in the Andean country’s history.

Voters are also being asked to choose the members of a bicameral Congress for the first time in more than 30 years, following recent legislative reforms that concentrate significant power in the new upper chamber.

Roberto Sanchez, presidential candidate of Together for Peru party, votes during general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Isabel Dueñas)

Voters wait for the opening of a polling station during general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Keiko Fujimori, presidential candidate of the Popular Force party, departs a polling station after voting during general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerardo Marin)

Voters line up outside a polling station during general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

A voter looks at a ballot before marking his candidates during general elections in Lima, Peru, on Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 21 points and the Philadelphia 76ers tuned up for the play-in tournament with a 126-106 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night in what appeared to be Hall of Fame coach Doc Rivers' final game.

The seventh-seeded 76ers host No. 8 seed Orlando in a play-in game Wednesday.

A few hours after the game, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Rivers was not expected back as Milwaukee's coach next season. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement about Rivers’ decision has been made.

The Bucks played without All-Star and former MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, while the 76ers were without Joel Embiid after he was stricken last week with appendicitis.

Antetokounmpo and the Bucks could be headed toward a separation in the offseason after a tumultuous season limited him to 27.6 points and 9.8 rebounds in 36 games this season, by far the fewest games of his 13-year career.

Coach Nick Nurse had no health update on Embiid, yet the timeline for recovery on an appendectomy would surely rule him out of any early postseason play. Embiid has been limited to 38 games this season, with the former MVP and two-time scoring champion sitting out primarily to manage injuries to his knees.

AJ Green, who set a Bucks single-game record with 11 3-pointers on Friday, set the team’s single-season record for 3’s. Green scored 19 points and made five 3s to push his total to 232 and pass Ray Allen, who had 229 in 2001-02.

Sixers fan loudly booed Rivers — who coached the team for three seasons — even as he was recognized by public address announcer Matt Cord for making the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Cord, with one of the more recognizable voices in all of Philadelphia sports, called his final regular-season game after 28 seasons on the mic.

The 64-year-old Rivers said before the game his final answer on retirement will come “definitely sooner” rather than later in the offseason. Rivers is going into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame this summer. Only Gregg Popovich, Don Nelson, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan and Pat Riley have more coaching wins than Rivers.

The 76ers have more basketball ahead and the Bucks face an offseason full of franchise-altering decisions.

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Milwaukee Bucks small forward Andre Jackson Jr., left, looks to shoot against Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Quentin Grimes, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, front right, talks with power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, center, reacts from the sideline during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, center, directs his team from the sideline during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard AJ Green, left, drives to the basket against Philadelphia 76ers small forward Paul George, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)