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InPeru, the people directly elect ahead of state (thepresident) as well as alegislature. The president is elected by the people for a five-year term. The unicameralCongress (Congreso) has 130 members, also elected for a five-year term byproportional representation. Peru has amulti-party system, which effectively bars one party from becoming the sole influence in a decision-making process. As such,parties must work with one another to formcoalition governments.The whole election process is held by theNational Jury of Elections and theNational Office of Electoral Processes. Peru hascompulsory voting.[1][2]
Secret ballots were introduced in 1931, along with an expansion of suffrage to allow all literate males to vote.[3]
| Position | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Presidential (April & June) National Congress (April) Gubernatorial (April & June) | None | Presidential (April & June) National Congress (April) Gubernatorial (April & June) | |||
| President and vice president | President and vice president | None | President and vice president | |||
| National Congress | All seats | None | All seats | |||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | All positions | None | All positions | |||
| Position | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Presidential (May) National Congress (May) Gubernatorial (May) | None | Presidential (May) National Congress (May) Gubernatorial (May) | |||
| President and vice president | 28 July | None | 28 July | |||
| National Congress | 28 July | None | 28 July | |||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | 28 July | None | 28 July | |||
The first round was held on 11 April.[4][5] The first exit polls published indicated that underdog nomineePedro Castillo ofFree Peru had placed first in the first round of voting with approximately 16.1% of the vote, withHernando de Soto andKeiko Fujimori tying with 11.9% each.[5]Yonhy Lescano,Rafael López Aliaga,Verónika Mendoza, andGeorge Forsyth followed, with each receiving 11.0%, 10.5%, 8.8%, and 6.4%, respectively.[5]César Acuña andDaniel Urresti received 5.8% and 5.0%, respectively, while the rest of the nominees attained less than 3% of the popular vote.[6][7]
In the second round, Castillo defeated Fujimori by just 44,263 votes, winning by 50.13% to 49.87%. Castillo was officially designated as president-elect of Peru on 19 July 2021, a little over a week before he was to be inaugurated.[8]
| Department | Castillo Free Peru | Fujimori Popular Force | López Aliaga Popular Renewal | De Soto Go on Country | Lescano Popular Action | Mendoza Together for Peru | Other candidates | Valid votes | Turnout | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Amazonas | 34,411 | 26.1% | 17,805 | 13.5% | 8,269 | 6.3% | 4,433 | 3.4% | 12,698 | 9.6% | 8,887 | 6.7% | 45,557 | 34.5% | 132,060 | 60.1% |
| Ancash | 110,620 | 23.4% | 67,394 | 14.3% | 42,312 | 9.0% | 34,562 | 7.3% | 38,911 | 8.2% | 39,786 | 8.4% | 138,200 | 29.3% | 471,785 | 69.3% |
| Apurimac | 88,812 | 53.4% | 10,879 | 6.5% | 7,768 | 4.7% | 6,531 | 3.9% | 15,649 | 9.4% | 15,368 | 9.2% | 21,179 | 12.7% | 166,186 | 69.4% |
| Arequipa | 256,224 | 32.2% | 40,216 | 5.1% | 71,053 | 8.9% | 148,793 | 18.7% | 88,708 | 11.1% | 55,269 | 6.9% | 135,448 | 17.0% | 795,711 | 78.8% |
| Ayacucho | 130,224 | 52.0% | 17,751 | 7.1% | 11,490 | 4.6% | 8,995 | 3.6% | 20,315 | 8.1% | 24,506 | 9.8% | 37,269 | 14.9% | 250,550 | 68.6% |
| Cajamarca | 232,418 | 44.9% | 54,962 | 10.6% | 31,129 | 6.0% | 25,156 | 4.9% | 38,677 | 7.5% | 29,746 | 5.7% | 105,374 | 20.4% | 517,462 | 62.6% |
| Callao | 33,750 | 6.4% | 79,699 | 15.2% | 78,066 | 14.9% | 78,920 | 15.0% | 34,965 | 6.7% | 38,233 | 7.3% | 181,634 | 34.6% | 525,267 | 75.2% |
| Cusco | 232,178 | 38.2% | 27,132 | 4.5% | 29,618 | 4.9% | 40,423 | 6.6% | 60,659 | 10.0% | 123,397 | 20.3% | 94,626 | 15.6% | 608,033 | 73.5% |
| Huancavelica | 79,895 | 54.2% | 8,449 | 5.7% | 5,060 | 3.4% | 4,591 | 3.1% | 16,727 | 11.3% | 10,091 | 6.8% | 22,574 | 15.3% | 147,387 | 67.6% |
| Huanuco | 110,978 | 37.6% | 32,827 | 11.1% | 33,787 | 11.4% | 15,822 | 5.4% | 22,565 | 7.6% | 15,556 | 5.3% | 63,688 | 21.6% | 295,223 | 68.3% |
| Ica | 56,597 | 14.0% | 62,055 | 15.3% | 46,098 | 11.4% | 39,929 | 9.8% | 39,461 | 9.7% | 30,602 | 7.5% | 130,887 | 32.3% | 405,629 | 76.0% |
| Junin | 131,438 | 22.9% | 80,057 | 13.9% | 52,599 | 9.2% | 54,124 | 9.4% | 66,214 | 11.5% | 52,270 | 9.1% | 137,396 | 23.9% | 574,098 | 71.9% |
| La Libertad | 90,078 | 11.5% | 131,441 | 16.8% | 95,765 | 12.2% | 84,444 | 10.8% | 47,218 | 6.0% | 37,372 | 4.8% | 296,598 | 37.9% | 782,916 | 68.9% |
| Lambayeque | 73,279 | 12.9% | 121,263 | 21.4% | 86,126 | 15.2% | 50,087 | 8.8% | 51,467 | 9.1% | 28,866 | 5.1% | 155,480 | 27.4% | 566,568 | 71.4% |
| Lima | 416,537 | 7.8% | 753,785 | 14.2% | 869,950 | 16.4% | 870,582 | 16.4% | 362,668 | 6.8% | 431,425 | 8.1% | 1,602,623 | 30.2% | 5,307,570 | 74.6% |
| Loreto | 15,432 | 4.9% | 51,900 | 16.6% | 16,378 | 5.3% | 18,816 | 6.0% | 34,773 | 11.2% | 19,502 | 6.3% | 155,025 | 49.7% | 311,826 | 61.0% |
| Madre de Dios | 23,945 | 37.1% | 7,278 | 11.3% | 4,041 | 6.3% | 3,996 | 6.2% | 6,601 | 10.2% | 4,372 | 6.8% | 14,341 | 22.2% | 64,574 | 71.1% |
| Moquegua | 33,665 | 34.4% | 4,617 | 4.7% | 6,832 | 7.0% | 10,183 | 10.4% | 15,412 | 15.7% | 7,190 | 7.3% | 20,027 | 20.5% | 97,926 | 77.2% |
| Pasco | 34,187 | 34.2% | 12,607 | 12.6% | 8,009 | 8.0% | 5,102 | 5.1% | 11,871 | 11.9% | 6,896 | 6.9% | 21,324 | 21.3% | 99,996 | 63.6% |
| Piura | 70,968 | 10.1% | 173,891 | 24.8% | 68,316 | 9.8% | 63,842 | 9.1% | 51,223 | 7.3% | 44,576 | 6.4% | 227,714 | 32.5% | 700,530 | 66.8% |
| Puno | 292,218 | 47.5% | 17,514 | 2.8% | 15,918 | 2.6% | 21,665 | 3.5% | 175,712 | 28.5% | 35,484 | 5.8% | 57,010 | 9.3% | 615,521 | 81.9% |
| San Martin | 67,000 | 21.4% | 46,699 | 14.9% | 26,561 | 8.5% | 21,825 | 7.0% | 31,498 | 10.0% | 17,122 | 5.5% | 102,765 | 32.8% | 313,470 | 69.2% |
| Tacna | 64,521 | 33.2% | 9,363 | 4.8% | 17,842 | 9.2% | 21,000 | 10.8% | 28,696 | 14.8% | 14,068 | 7.2% | 38,779 | 20.0% | 194,269 | 77.8% |
| Tumbes | 7,613 | 7.7% | 36,403 | 37.1% | 8,799 | 9.0% | 7,123 | 7.3% | 7,046 | 7.2% | 5,242 | 5.3% | 26,015 | 26.5% | 98,241 | 74.6% |
| Ucayali | 26,339 | 14.0% | 40,510 | 21.5% | 14,981 | 8.0% | 11,124 | 5.9% | 14,359 | 7.6% | 15,092 | 8.0% | 65,965 | 35.0% | 188,370 | 66.3% |
| Peruvians Abroad | 10,602 | 6.6% | 22,887 | 14.1% | 34,767 | 21.5% | 21,552 | 13.3% | 11,617 | 7.2% | 21,185 | 13.1% | 39,146 | 24.2% | 161,756 | 22.8% |
| Total | 2,723,929 | 18.9% | 1,929,384 | 13.4% | 1,691,534 | 11.8% | 1,673,620 | 11.6% | 1,305,710 | 9.1% | 1,132,103 | 7.9% | 3,936,644 | 27.4% | 14,392,924 | 70.0% |
| Source: ONPE (100% counted) | ||||||||||||||||
ThePopular Action, the largest party in the previous legislature, lost some of its seats, and previous parliamentary parties likeUnion for Peru (UPP) and theBroad Front (FA) had their worst results ever, attaining no representation.[9] ThePeruvian Nationalist Party of former PresidentOllanta Humala andNational Victory ofGeorge Forsyth (who led polling for the presidential election earlier in the year) failed to win seats as well.[9] New or previously minor parties such asFree Peru,Go on Country andTogether for Peru andPopular Renewal, the successor ofNational Solidarity, had good results, with Free Peru becoming the largest party in Congress.[9]Contigo, the successor to former presidentPedro Pablo Kuczynski'sPeruvians for Change party, failed to win a seat once again and received less than 1% of the vote.[9] On 26 July, two days before Castillo was sworn in as Peru's President, an opposition alliance led by Popular Action memberMaría del Carmen Alva successfully negotiated an agreement to gain control of Peru's Congress.[10]
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Free Peru | 1,724,354 | 13.41 | 37 | +37 | |
| Popular Force | 1,457,694 | 11.34 | 24 | +9 | |
| Popular Renewal | 1,199,705 | 9.33 | 13 | +13 | |
| Popular Action | 1,159,734 | 9.02 | 16 | −9 | |
| Alliance for Progress | 969,726 | 7.54 | 15 | −7 | |
| Go on Country – Social Integration Party | 969,092 | 7.54 | 7 | +7 | |
| Together for Peru | 847,596 | 6.59 | 5 | +5 | |
| We Are Peru | 788,522 | 6.13 | 5 | −6 | |
| Podemos Perú | 750,262 | 5.83 | 5 | −6 | |
| Purple Party | 697,307 | 5.42 | 3 | −6 | |
| National Victory | 638,289 | 4.96 | 0 | New | |
| Agricultural People's Front of Peru | 589,018 | 4.58 | 0 | −15 | |
| Union for Peru | 266,349 | 2.07 | 0 | −13 | |
| Christian People's Party | 212,820 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peruvian Nationalist Party | 195,538 | 1.52 | 0 | New | |
| Broad Front | 135,104 | 1.05 | 0 | −9 | |
| Direct Democracy | 100,033 | 0.78 | 0 | 0 | |
| National United Renaissance | 97,540 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peru Secure Homeland | 54,859 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Contigo | 5,787 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 12,859,329 | 100.00 | 130 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 12,859,329 | 72.56 | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,737,099 | 15.44 | |||
| Blank votes | 2,126,712 | 12.00 | |||
| Total votes | 17,723,140 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 25,287,954 | 70.09 | |||
| Source:ONPE,Ojo Público | |||||
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