The expat vote is coming in, the last frontier of vote counting in Peru’s hotly contested election race.

As it happens, the Peruvian expat vote pretty much reflects the vote of the home Peruvians – most are going to Ollanta Humala, with the second-highest tally going to Alan Garcia, and free-market Lourdes Flores is left with just slightly less vote than Garcia.

What a shame. I am so sad for Peru.

CORRECTION: Wrong information, see my update here.

That means that come May, Peru will face a stark choice between a leftwing lunatic, Ollanta Humala who has dreams of being a Hugo-Chavez-like dictator, and a different leftist, Alan Garcia, who already has shown Peru just how badly he can ruin the economy through his administration of new leftist policies. What a choice.

Look out Peru, no matter who you elect, tax hikes are coming your way. You’re “the rich” after all, and you’ll need to part with your money.

It’s not a formula for growth. And foreign investors will be treated most harshly of all. What’s sad is that foreign investors are not the ‘robbers’ that Humala claims, but people who believed in Peru when the rest of the world was laughing.

Oh what a cold black day for Peru’s future.

With Humala or Garcia at the helm, whatever it is that is ailing Peru economically is not going to get better.

In fact, it will only get worse.

Alvicho at Off Topic has Peruvian poll results and commentary, showing about 82.6% of the votes counted. Read the whole thing here.

Inka-Wolfy at Un Lobo en Peru has even more updated poll result, showing 85% of the tally, along with some lively commentary describing the electoral race as a automotive race, with clever metaphors. Read this whole thing here.

Matthew Shugart at Fruits and Votes also has a tally, but be sure to check out the comments section, for a guy named Rici, who seems to know up close what the balloting was like. One piece of useful information (I wish I had known earlier) is that the Lima voters are underrepresented in Peru’s legislature. That would naturally work against Flores’ party, because her base of support is in Lima. I wonder if it would also put her at an analogous disadvantage in the presidential race itself. This system of disadvantaging the capital’s votes sometimes turns up in different elections (e.g, Indonesia’s), and when you get a result like this, it’s a real shame. The item can be read here.

David Sasaki at Global Voices has an excellent, comprehensive fresh news roundup on the Peruvian election, including the rueful remarks of some Peruvian expatriates well worth a click here.

Also, check out this new Dutch blog here by Steven op Reis, which has a sensible, intelligent take on Peru’s elections, and it looks like plenty of other good stuff. Read the whole thing here.

A bit of the sentiment from Steven’s blog

Peru Elecciones, the official Web site of the Peruvian government, has the latest tally, with 86% of the vote counted at this site here.

Some very good man-on-the-street interviews with different Peruvian voters from Voice Of America are here.

And don’t miss THIS by Carlos Alberto Montaner on the nature of Ollanta Humala. He exposes this thug in all his communist cult glory, and you won’t be able to look at the guy the same way ever again. If you had the slightest sympathy for this guy, this Montaner essay will cure you of it.

Investor’s Business Daily has a short, anguished editorial called “Lost In Peru” at this site here.