General elections are scheduled to be held in Peru on 12 April 2026, with proposals to bring them forward to 2023 or 2024 due to the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests rejected.[1][2][3] The presidential elections will determine the president and the vice presidents, while the congressional elections will determine the composition of the Congress of Peru, which will return to being a bicameral legislature with a 60-seat Senate and 130-seat Chamber of Deputies.
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Electoral system
editThe President is elected using the two-round system.[4] The first round voting allows eligible voters to vote for any viable presidential candidate.[4] The top two candidates who receive a plurality of the vote proceed to the run-off election.[4] The winner of the run-off election and the presidential election is the candidate who receives a plurality of the popular vote.[4][5] However, if in the first round the candidate who is in the first place already gets more than 50% of the popular vote, that candidate will automatically win the election and a run-off election will no longer be needed.[5]
The 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in 27 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation.[6] To enter Congress, parties must either cross the 5% electoral threshold at the national level, or win at least seven seats in one constituency. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[7][8]
The 60 senators are elected dividing them in two separate elections, with 33 elected nationwide by proportional representation and 27 in single-member constituencies by first past the post.[9]
Peru has five seats in the Andean Parliament, which are elected using a common constituency by open list proportional representation.[10]
Potential presidential candidates
edit| Keiko Fujimori | Hernando de Soto | Antauro Humala | Alfonso López Chau | Susel Paredes | Verónika Mendoza | Rafael López Aliaga | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Congress (2006–2011) |
President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (1979–present) |
Leader of Ethnocacerism (2000–present) |
Rector of the National University of Engineering (2021–present) |
Member of Congress (2021–present) |
Member of Congress (2011–2016) |
Mayor of Lima (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Popular Force | Progresemos | National Alliance of Workers, Farmers, University Students, and Reservists | Now Nation | First The People – Community, Ecology, Liberty, and Progress | New Peru for Good Living | Popular Renewal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Expressed interest[11] | Announced[12] | Announced[13] | Announced[14] | Announced[15] | Expressed interest[16] | Expressed interest[17] | ||||||||||||||||||
| César Acuña | Phillip Butters | Carlos Álvarez | Fiorella Molinelli | Hernán Garrido Lecca | Guido Bellido | Ricardo Belmont | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Governor of La Libertad (2023–present) Member of Congress |
Radio journalist (2001–present) |
Comedian (1983–present) |
Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (2017–2018) |
Minister of Health (2007–2008) |
Prime Minister of Peru (2021) |
Mayor of Lima (1990–1995) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance for Progress | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | Country for All | Modern Force | Peruvian Aprista Party | Conscience People | Works | |||||||||||||||||||
| Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Announced[18] | Expressed interest | Announced | |||||||||||||||||||
Declined
edit- Carlos Añaños, businessman and founder of Ajegroup (Modern Peru).[19]
Former
edit- Alberto Fujimori, former President of Peru (1990–2000) (Popular Force).[20] Died 11 September 2024.[21]
Opinion polls
editPresidential election
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Parliamentary election
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Peru Congress opens door to early elections amid unrest". AP NEWS. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ Alva, Diego (30 January 2023). "Congreso aprueba reconsideración y vuelve al debate adelanto de elecciones para 2023". La Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Alva, Diego (17 June 2023). "Dina Boluarte: "El tema de adelanto de elecciones está cerrado, trabajaremos hasta julio de 2026"". La Republica (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Peru election race tightens as Fujimori gains, poll shows". Reuters. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b "In Peru's Presidential Election, the Most Popular Choice Is No One". The New York Times. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Alemán, Eduardo; Ponce, Aldo F.; Sagarzazu, Iñaki (2011). "Legislative Parties in Volatile, Nonprogrammatic Party Systems: The Peruvian Case in Comparative Perspective". Latin American Politics and Society. 53 (3): 57–81. doi:10.1111/j.1548-2456.2011.00125.x. ISSN 1548-2456. S2CID 55633109.
- ^ Peru Archived 22 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine IFES
- ^ Resultados Congresales Archived 31 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine ONPE
- ^ "Gobierno promulga ley que restablece la bicameralidad y la reelección parlamentaria: ¿Qué otros cambios implica?". Infobae. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Andean Parliament". International Democracy Watch. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Keiko Fujimori postularía por cuarta vez en las próximas elecciones presidenciales, desliza Fuerza Popular". infobae (in European Spanish). 27 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Hernando de Soto confirma que buscará ser candidato presidencial: "Me estoy afiliando al partido Progresemos"". El Comercio (in European Spanish). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (6 September 2022). "Exmilitar rebelde dice postulará para la presidencia de Perú". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Alfonso López Chau: Ahora Nación, partido del rector de la UNI, logra su inscripción en el JNE". La República (in European Spanish). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Susel Paredes confirma su deseo de postular a la presidencia junto a un nuevo partido". Infobae. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Nuevo Perú busca alianzas y no descarta que Verónika Mendoza sea su candidata". Gestión (in European Spanish). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Elecciones 2026: Rafael López Aliaga pidió a Keiko Fujimori unirse y apostar por un candidato de consenso". infobae (in European Spanish). 10 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Hernán Garrido-Lecca: inventor, escritor y precandidato presidencial – Una entrevista exclusiva". Altavoz (in European Spanish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "Carlos Añaños y la historia de la crisis en Perú Moderno que provocó la renuncia a su candidatura presidencial". El Comercio (in European Spanish). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Former Peru Leader Fujimori to Run for President, Daughter Says". Bloomberg.com. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86". AP News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.