2026 Peruvian general election
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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.
Electoral system
The 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
| Alberto Fujimori | Hernando de Soto | Antauro Humala | Alfonso López Chau | Susel Paredes | Verónika Mendoza | Rafael López Aliaga | |||||||||||||||||||
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| President of Peru (1990–2000) | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Announced[11] | Announced[12] | Announced[13] | Announced[14] | Announced[15] | Expressed interest[16] | Expressed interest[17] | |||||||||||||||||||
| César Acuña | Philip Butters | Carlos Álvarez | Fiorella Molinelli | Carlos Añaños | Fernando Olivera | Ricardo Belmont | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Governor of La Libertad (2023–present) | Radio journalist (2001–present) | Comedian (1983–present) | Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (2017–2018) | Founder of Ajegroup (1988–present) | Minister of Justice (2001-2002) | Mayor of Lima (1990–1995) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance for Progress | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | Country for All | Modern Force | Modern Peru | Front of Hope 2021 | Works | |||||||||||||||||||
| Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Announced | Announced | |||||||||||||||||||
Other potential
- Guido Bellido, former Prime Minister of Peru in 2021 (Conscience People).[18]
- Roque Benavides, Chairman of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (Peruvian Aprista Party).[19]
Declined
- Keiko Fujimori,[a] former First Lady of Peru (1994-2000), Member of Congress (2006-2011), presidential nominee in 2011, 2016, and 2021 (Popular Force).
Opinion polls
Presidential election
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Notes
- ^ Party General Secretary Luis Galarreta has indicated that Fujimori may be preparing a run, in what was seen by the media as a possible accidental admission of her plans. Though Fujimori has denied interest in running, she did the same after her losses in 2011 and 2016 before ultimately running again.[20]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Orozco, Jose. "Former Peru Leader Fujimori to Run for President, Daughter Says". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Guido Bellido sobre posible postulación a la Presidencia: "Tengo toda la motivación para asumir cualquier tarea"". Radio Programas del Perú (in European Spanish). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Roque Benavides mantiene en suspenso candidatura presidencial". Altavoz (in European Spanish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
