2026 Peruvian general election

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

Keiko Fujimori Hernando de Soto Antauro Humala Alfonso López Chau Susel Paredes Verónika Mendoza Rafael López Aliaga
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
Governor of La Libertad
(2023–present)

Member of Congress
(2000–2006)

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

Former

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2026 Peruvian general election

Presidential election

Parliamentary election

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Peru Congress opens door to early elections amid unrest". AP NEWS. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Peru Archived 22 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine IFES
  8. ^ Resultados Congresales Archived 31 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine ONPE
  9. ^ "Gobierno promulga ley que restablece la bicameralidad y la reelección parlamentaria: ¿Qué otros cambios implica?". Infobae. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Andean Parliament". International Democracy Watch. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Associated Press (6 September 2022). "Exmilitar rebelde dice postulará para la presidencia de Perú". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Susel Paredes confirma su deseo de postular a la presidencia junto a un nuevo partido". Infobae. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Nuevo Perú busca alianzas y no descarta que Verónika Mendoza sea su candidata". Gestión (in European Spanish). 14 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Hernán Garrido-Lecca: inventor, escritor y precandidato presidencial – Una entrevista exclusiva". Altavoz (in European Spanish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "Former Peru Leader Fujimori to Run for President, Daughter Says". Bloomberg.com. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  21. ^ "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.