2022 Lima municipal election
The 2022 Lima municipal election is scheduled for October 2, 2022, following the convening of regional and municipal elections throughout Peru.[1] Lima residents will vote on a list of 40 candidates to replace incumbent Jorge Muñoz when his term ends on December 31, 2022, alongside 39 city council members.
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Electoral system
The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima is the administrative and government body of the province of Lima. It is composed of the Metropolitan Mayor, the Provincial Council and the Metropolitan Assembly. The province of Lima is not circumscribed to any regional government in its condition of capital of Peru.
The election of the mayor and the council is carried out based on universal suffrage, which includes all national citizens over eighteen years of age, registered and resident in Lima and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as non-citizens nationals residing and registered in the province. There is no immediate reelection of the office of mayor.[2]
The Provincial Council of Lima is made up of 39 councillors elected by direct suffrage for a period of four (4) years, jointly with the election of the Metropolitan Mayor. Voting is by closed list. Seats are allocated to the winning list according to the d'Hondt method or half plus one.
Mayoral nominations
- Carlos Torres - Agricultural People's Front of Peru
- Omar Chehade – Alliance for Progress
- Alex Gonzales - Democratic Green Party
- Yuri Castro – Free Peru
- Elizabeth León – Front of Hope 2021
- George Forsyth – We Are Peru
- Rafael López Aliaga – Popular Renewal
- Luis Molina – Go on Country – Social Integration Party
- Álvaro Paz de la Barra – Faith in Peru
- Julio Lingán - Patriotic Party of Peru
- Guillermo Flores – Purple Party
- Daniel Urresti – Podemos Perú
- Gonzalo Alegría – Together for Peru
Declined to run
- Richard Acuña – Alliance for Progress
- Ricardo Belmont – Free Peru
- Edde Cuéllar – Popular Action
- Jorge Quintana – Popular Action
- Javier Combe – Popular Action
- Luis Enrique Gálvez – Popular Action
- César Combina – Popular Force
- Zenaida Solís – Purple Party
- Sergio Tejada – Together for Peru
Opinion polls
Electoral polls
Pollster | Date | Sample size | Daniel Urresti![]() |
Rafael López Aliaga![]() |
George Forsyth![]() |
Luis Molina![]() |
Omar Chehade![]() |
Álvaro Paz de la Barra![]() |
Gonzalo Alegría![]() |
Guillermo Flores![]() |
Yuri Castro![]() |
Elizabeth León |
Carlos Torres![]() |
Alex Gonzales![]() |
Julio Lingán![]() |
Other | Blank / None |
Undecided |
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Election results | 2 October 2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||
IDICE/La Razón[3] | 18 Apr. 2022 | 500 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 18 |
Pre-electoral polls
Pollster | Date | Sample Size | Rafael López Aliaga![]() |
Daniel Urresti![]() |
George Forsyth![]() |
Richard Acuña![]() |
Luis Molina![]() |
Álvaro Paz de la Barra![]() |
César Combina![]() |
Zenaida Solís![]() |
Edde Cuéllar![]() |
Sergio Tejada![]() |
Omar Chehade![]() |
Yuri Castro![]() |
Álex Gonzáles![]() |
Others | Blank / None |
Undecided |
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Ipsos Perú/América[4] | 7 Apr. 2022 | 1205 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 22 |
Datum/Perú 21/Gestión[5] | 2–4 Apr. 2022 | 335 | 19 | 21 | 10 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 10 |
CPI[6] | 21-25 Mar. 2022 | 500 | 18.6 | 16.6 | 10.1 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 | - | - | - | 0.7 | 11.9 | 14.6 | 9.8 |
CIT/Expreso[7] | 11–13 Mar. 2022 | 509 | 23.2 | 18.1 | 13.4 | - | 0.8 | 4.1 | 2.0 | - | 1.6 | - | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 28.5 |
Ipsos Perú/El Comercio[8] | 8 Mar. 2022 | 463 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
CIT/Expreso[9] | 11–13 Feb. 2022 | 500 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 7.4 | - | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | 23.2 | 7.2 | 14.8 |
Ipsos Perú/América[10] | 10–11 Feb. 2022 | 466 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
CPI/Latina[11] | 3–11 Feb. 2022 | 3500 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 11.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.4 | 17.5 | 12.8 |
Ipsos Perú/El Comercio[12] | 13–14 Jan. 2022 | 460 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 9 | 20 |
Ipsos Perú/El Comercio[13] | 9–10 Dec. 2021 | 462 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 16 | 22 |
References
- "Pedro Castillo convoca a Elecciones Regionales y Municipales para el 2 de octubre". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- "Tribunal Constitucional ratifica prohibición de reelección para alcaldes". gestion.pe (in Spanish). October 6, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- "Encuesta Alcaldía de Lima, IDICE – 18 Abril 2022". encuestas.com.pe (in Spanish). April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- "Ipsos: López Aliaga y Daniel Urresti encabezan encuesta para alcaldía de Lima". canaln.pe (in Spanish). April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- "Estudio de Opinión Pública - Abril 2022" (PDF). elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- "Encuesta CPI - Marzo 2022" (PDF). cpi.pe (in Spanish). March 27, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- "Encuesta Nacional Urbano Rural - Marzo 2022" (PDF). cpi.pe (in Spanish). March 15, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- "Encuesta El Comercio-Ipsos: Daniel Urresti y Rafael López Aliaga lideran intención de voto para la alcaldía de Lima". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- "Encuesta Nacional Urbano Rural - Febrero 2022". cpi.pe (in Spanish). February 20, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- "Encuesta Ipsos-América Febrero 2022" (PDF). elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). February 16, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- "Estudio de Opinión Pública - Febrero 2022" (PDF). cpi.pe (in Spanish). January 17, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- "Encuesta El Comercio-Ipsos: Excandidatos presidenciales encabezan prefencias para alcaldía de Lima". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- "Elecciones 2022: ¿Cuál es la intención de voto en Lima a 10 meses de los comicios municipales?". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.