At Stake in this Election:  

• The Presidency of Peru 

• Elections for Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are occurring concurrently. 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President José María BALCÁZAR ZELADA (since 18 Feb 2026) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Luis Enrique ARROYO SÁNCHEZ (since 17 Mar 2026) 

• Assembly: bicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) with a 60-seat Senate (Senado) and 130-seat Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados). 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by majority vote in up to two rounds to a 5-year term. They are not term limited beyond being prevented from immediately running for reelection. 

• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.  

• 30 of the 60 members of the Senate are elected in a single nationwide constituency. The remaining 30 are elected in single and multi-member constituencies. Members are elected to serve a 5-year term. 

• All 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in 27 multi-member constituencies. Members are elected to serve a 5-year term. 

Last Election:  

In the previous election in 2021, Pedro CASTILLO won in the second round with 50.13% of the vote. Voter turnout was 75%. 

Information for Voters: 

Material de Lectura / Reading Material (in Spanish) 

New/Unique in this Election: 

Peru recently undertook electoral reforms that reestablished a bicameral parliament, removed restrictions on reelection for congressional members, allowed presidential candidates to run for a congressional seat at the same time, removing a mandate for parties to hold primaries, and removing the requirement for the Presidential cabinet be approved by Congress. Peru also amended the penal code since the last election, so political parties are not held criminally liable for the actions of their members. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 23 Dec 2025 

• Voter registration deadline: 14 Oct 2025 

Main Candidates in this Election: 

• Vladimir Roy CERRON ROJAS 

• • Party: Free Peru / Partido Político Nacional Perú Libre  

• Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI HIGUCHI 

• • Party: Popular Force / Fuerza Popular 

• Cesar ACUÑA PERALTA 

• • Party: Alliance for Progress / Alianza para el Progreso 

• Rafael Bernardo Lopez ALIAGA CAZORLA 

• • Party: Popular Renewal / Renovacion Popular 

• Jose Daniel Williams ZAPATA 

• • Party Go on Country – Social Integration Party / Avanza País – Partido de Integración Social 

• Roberto Helbert SANCHEZ PALOMINO 

• • Party: Together for Peru / Juntos por el Peru 

• George Patrick FORSYTH SOMMER 

• • Party: We Are Peru Democratic Party / Partido Democratico Somos Peru 

• Jose Leon LUNA GALVEZ 

• • Party: We Can Peru / Podemos Peru 

• Mesias Anatonio GUEVARA AMASIFUEN 

• • Party: Puarple Party / Partido Morado 

Note: 35 candidates have registered for this election, those listed above belong to parties which won seats in the last legislative election. 

Country Context: 

• Population: 34,217,848 (2024 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 27,356,578 (2026) 

• V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index Score: 0.67 (2026) 

• V-Dem Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Democracy (2026)  

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.794, High, rank 79 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 17,200,284 (2024 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 23 Jul 1981, Ratified 13 Sep 1982   

• Gender Quota:  Yes, political party candidate lists must alternate between men and women. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 54 of 130 (41.5%) in the Congress of the Republic 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 18.6 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 Mar 2007, Ratified 30 Jan 2008 

• Projected population with a disability: 5,474,856 (2024 est.)