Voting ends in Peru's general elections

LIMA
Voting ended at ballot stations across Peru on Sunday, as people cast ballots for a new president and a state legislature.

Incumbent president Alejandro Toledo cast his vote at a high school in the capital, Lima, touting the election as a just one.

"There is no possibility of electoral irregularities," he told the press, calling on his successor to "continue building on the solid bases that we have laid down".

Lourdes Flores, candidate of the rightist National Alliance, voted at a polling station at the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University, in Lima's San Isidoro neighborhood.

She called on Peruvians to vote in peace, with tolerance and respect, adding that she would respect the result of the elections.

Alan Garcia, of the Peru Aprista Party, voted alongside his wife and five children, saying that the electoral campaign took place "normally, in a democratic spirit and the people will truly be able to choose (the candidate) with the best policies."

Peruvians are voting to elect a president, two vice-presidents, 120 Peruvian legislators, and 15 for the Andean parliament, from a field of 17 presidential candidates and 3,000 candidates for deputies.