2026 Peruvian general election
General elections are to be held in Peru in April 2026. The presidential elections, which will determine the president and the vice presidents, while the congressional elections will determine the composition of the Congress of Peru.
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Electoral system
Presidential election
The President is elected using the two-round system.[1] The first round voting was held on 11 April and allows eligible voters to vote for any viable presidential candidate.[1] The top two candidates who receive a plurality of the vote proceed to the run-off election, which took place on 6 June.[1] The winner of the run-off election and the presidential election is the candidate who receives a plurality of the popular vote.[1][2] 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.[2]
Congressional elections
The 130 members of Congress are elected in 27 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation.[3] 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.[4][5]
Andean parliament
Peru has five seats in the Andean Parliament, which are elected using a common constituency by open list proportional representation.[6]
Presidential candidates
Rafael López Aliaga of the right-wing Popular Renewal announced that a candidacy for the 2026 presidential election was "a duty to the homeland".[7]
References
- "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.
- "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
- "Andean Parliament". International Democracy Watch. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "Elecciones Municipales 2022: los candidatos en campaña y lo que sabemos de los voceados para tentar la alcaldía de Lima". RPP (in Spanish). 4 January 2022. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.