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(LIP-ir) -- Peru's former President, Alberto Fujimori did not succeed his attempt to become a part of Japan's Senate. When reporting election results, Kyodo agency, stated that Fujimori received 51,612 votes in his run for Senate representing the People's New Party (PNP).

According to estimates, Fujimori would have needed at least 1 million votes to win a seat in Japan's Upper House.

As opposed to the candidates in the Democratic Party, which received 18,829,333 votes, Fujimori's People's New Party, a small extreme left-wing party, received a total of 679,054 votes. Due to the number of votes it received, the PNP did manage to maintain it's place in Congress.

After his defeat, Peru's former President stated that once the extradition process in Chile was resolved, he looked forward to rebuilding his political career "to return and work for the welfare of all Peruvians."

Fujimori, who was President of Peru from 1990-2000, is currently under house arrest in Chile awaiting Chilean Supreme Court ruling on his extradition to Peru. The Peruvian government wants him tried on bribery, misuse of government funds and taking part in death-squad killings.

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