At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Peru

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Alan GARCIA Pérez
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Rosario Del Pilar FERNANDEZ Figueroa
• Assembly: Peru has a unicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) with 120 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) 120 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Ollanta Moises HUMALA Tasso*
  • Alliance: Alianza Gana Peru
• Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique**
  • Alliance: Alianza Peru Posible
• Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI***
  • Alliance: Alianza por el Gran Cambio
• Oscar Luis CASTANEDA Lossio****
  • Alliance: National Solidarity Alliance / Alianza Solidaridad Nacional
• Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi*****
  • Alliance: Fuerza 2011 / Fuerza 2011
• Humberto PINAZO Bella
  • Party: Justicia, Tecnologia, Ecologia
• Ricardo Manuel NORIEGA
  • Party: Partido Despertar Nacional
• Jose NIQUE DE LA PUENTE
  • Party: Partido Fonavista del Peru
• Juliana Edith REYMER Rodriquez
  • Party: Partido Fuerza Nacional
• Rafael Luis BELAUNDE Aubry
  • Party: Partido Politico Adelante

* The alliance is made up of Partido Nacionalista Peruano.
** The alliance is made up of Accion Popular, Partido Democratico Somos Peru, and Peru Posible.
*** The alliance is made up of Alianza para el Progreso, Partido Humanista Peruano, Partido Popular Peruano, and Restauracion Nacional.
**** The alliance is made up of Cambio 90, Partido Solidaridad Nacional, Siempre Unidos, Todos por el Peru, and Union por el Peru.
***** The alliance is made up of Fuerza 2011 and Renovacion Nacional.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 29,759,891 (2011)
• Registered Voters: 19,949,915 (2011)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 14,891,699 (2011)

·         Is Peru a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (23 July 1981)

·         Has Peru ratified CEDAW: Yes (13 September 1982)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 28 (following the 2011 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 84 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Peru a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Peru ratified CRPD: Yes (30 January 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 4,463,983 (est.)