2026 Peruvian general election

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General elections were held in Peru from 12 to 13 April 2026 to elect the president, vice presidents, and the Congress of the Republic of Peru. As no presidential candidate achieved a majority of votes in the first round, a runoff election was held on 7 June.[1][2] In the second round, the leader of the Popular Force, Keiko Fujimori, defeated Together for Peru nominee Roberto Sánchez. The congressional elections determined the composition of the Congress of Peru, which returned to being a bicameral legislature with a Senate (the first since the 1990 election) and a Chamber of Deputies.

Registered27,325,432
Turnout73.81% (first round) Increase 3.76pp
72.03% (second round) Decrease 2.54pp
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2026 Peruvian general election

Presidential election
 2021
12–13 April 2026 (first round)
7 June 2026 (second round)
2031 
Opinion polls
Registered27,325,432
Turnout73.81% (first round) Increase 3.76pp
72.03% (second round) Decrease 2.54pp
 
Candidate Keiko Fujimori Roberto Sánchez
Party FP JP
Running mate Luis Galarreta
Miki Torres
Analí Márquez
Brígida Curo
Popular vote 9,223,396 9,173,755
Percentage 50.13% 49.87%


President before election

José María Balcázar
Independent

Elected President

Keiko Fujimori
FP

Senate
 1990[a]
12–13 April 2026
2031 

All 60 seats in the Senate
31 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
FP Keiko Fujimori 15.06 22
JP Roberto Sánchez 12.23 14
RP Rafael López Aliaga 11.04 8
PBG Jorge Nieto 10.48 7
OBRAS Ricardo Belmont 8.84 5
AN Alfonso López-Chau 8.18 4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies
 2021
12–13 April 2026
2031 

All 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
66 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
FP Keiko Fujimori 14.66 41 +17
JP Roberto Sánchez 10.77 32 +27
PBG Jorge Nieto 10.47 18 New
RP Rafael López Aliaga 11.04 15 +2
OBRAS Ricardo Belmont 8.32 14 New
AN Alfonso López-Chau 8.49 10 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The elections come after proposals to hold them earlier due to the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests were rejected.[3][4][5] In the first round, Fujimori, a far-right politician, placed first. Sánchez, a left-wing psychologist and politician, placed second, narrowly surpassing far-right businessman Rafael López Aliaga.[6][7] Due to delays in various polling stations, election authorities extended voting by one day for voters unable to cast their ballots.[8] Following Sánchez's rise in votes later in the tabulation process, López Aliaga reportedly began a disinformation campaign against electoral authorities, accusing the vote-counting process of being fraudulent.[9] Electoral observers from the European Union and Peruvian authorities denied that voting irregularities took place. It was noted that a fringe segment of the Peruvian public believed that the election of Keiko Fujimori (who was born and raised in Peru, as were both of her parents) was a conspiracy concocted by the Japanese government to subjugate Peru and bring it under Japanese influence as a puppet state.[10][11] López Aliaga faces potential criminal charges related to an alleged incitement of civil disorder after calling for an insurgency.[12] The National Jury of Elections (JNE) ruled that it would not annul the first round of elections and that the runoff election would take place on the scheduled date of 7 June 2026.[13]

One week prior to the 7 June election, electoral authorities suspended the use of a ballot scanning system for international votes, instead choosing to have election material physically transported from foreign consulates to be processed in Peru.[14] While the head of the Organization of American States election monitoring delegation raised some concern about the move, the inter-American body said that the second round proceeded without significant irregularities.[14] After Sánchez initially secured the majority of domestic votes, which were processed first, foreign votes that were largely supportive of Fujimori arrived to be counted in Peru, giving her the lead in the election.[15] Following the modification in foreign vote counting and Fujimori gaining the lead, Sánchez called for foreign ballots to be nullified, saying that irregularities occurred in the process.[14] By late June, international media projected Fujimori's victory.[16] The JNE had counted all votes by 29 June 2026, with Fujimori holding about 50,000 more votes than Sánchez,[17] certifying Fujimori as the election winner.

Background

The election was held after a prolonged period of political instability that began well before the current electoral cycle. During the presidencies of Ollanta Humala, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Martín Vizcarra, the Congress was dominated by the opposition Popular Force, the party created by Keiko Fujimori (daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori), and voted to block many of the actions performed by the presidents.[18][19][20] Fujimorists in Congress "earned a reputation as hardline obstructionists for blocking initiatives popular with Peruvians aimed at curbing the nation's rampant corruption" according to the Associated Press[21] and since the 2016 Peruvian general election, Popular Force held control of the nation's legislature.[22] During this period, the Fujimorist-led Congress used constitutional hardball against the executive and removed multiple presidents from office, with members of Congress also creating laws that benefitted organized crime while simultaneously obstructing the functions of law enforcement.[23][24]

Following the 2021 Peruvian general election, right-wing parties, including Go on Country and Popular Renewal, gained control of Congress.[25][26][27] After left-wing presidential candidate Pedro Castillo won the presidency, Fujimori and her supporters said electoral fraud had occurred, leading obstructionist efforts to overturn the election with support of citizens in Lima.[28][29][30][31][32][33] Many business groups and politicians refused to recognize Castillo's ascent to the presidency,[34] along with those among the more affluent, including former military officers and wealthy families. They demanded new elections, promoted calls for a military coup, and used rhetoric to support their allegations of fraud.[29] From the beginning of his presidency, Castillo was targeted by members of Congress,[35] who made it clear that they wanted to remove him from office by impeachment.[18]

Due to broadly interpreted impeachment wording in the 1993 Constitution of Peru, Congress can impeach the president on the vague grounds of "moral incapacity",[36] effectively making the legislative branch more powerful than the executive branch.[37][38][39][40] Congress, which had already attempted to impeach Castillo twice, began a third process of impeachment in late 2022. On 7 December 2022, Castillo attempted a self-coup, dissolving Congress as well as the Judiciary bodies, imposing a curfew, and establishing an emergency government. He was arguing that the legislative body, which had obstructed many of his policies,[41][42][43] was serving oligopolistic businesses and had colluded with the Constitutional Court of Peru to undermine the executive branch, thereby creating a "congressional dictatorship".[41] The move was rejected by state institutions; he was removed from office and arrested.[44] Two months after Castillo was removed, Congress would obtain nearly absolute control of Peru's government when the Constitutional Court, whose members were directly chosen by Congress, removed judicial oversight of the legislative body.[45][46][47]

Castillo's vice president, Dina Boluarte, assumed the presidency amid the widespread protests against her government. Following her ascension to the presidency, Boluarte aligned herself with the far right-wing majority in Congress.[48][49][50][51][52] She was described by analysts as authoritarian due to her crackdown on demonstrations,[53] with human rights groups such as Amnesty International,[54] Human Rights Watch,[55] the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights[56] and the National Coordinator for Human Rights[57] criticizing her administration's response, especially after the Ayacucho and Juliaca massacres. Although proposals were repeatedly introduced to bring forward the scheduled 2026 vote, they were rejected by Boluarte and Congress.[24] In October 2025, Boluarte was removed from office by Congress on "permanent moral incapacity" grounds amid mounting public anger over insecurity and corruption allegations.[58][59]

In his position in the order of succession, president of Congress José Jerí succeeded Boluarte, initially assumed the presidency leading into the 2026 elections.[60] Jerí became Peru's seventh president in nine years.[61] However, in February 2026, José Jerí was removed from office by Congress for holding undisclosed meetings with Zhihua Yang, a Chinese businessman under scrutiny from the Peruvian government.[62] He was succeeded by José María Balcázar, who was elected by Congress to serve as president of Congress and thus made president of Peru.[63]

The elections have taken shape amid heightened public concern over national security, public safety, organized crime, persistent distrust in political institutions, and ongoing debates about corruption and economic governance.[64] Concerns about the power Congress held over the executive and judiciary branches were also noted by observers, with Will Freeman of the Council on Foreign Relations warning that Congress was attempting to build a "mafia state" in the run-up to the elections.[65][66] Similarly, Human Rights Watch warned of democratic backsliding occurring, with director of the Americas division, Juanita Goebertus Estrada, stating that "Congress has taken steps to undermine the independence and capacity of courts, prosecutors, and key government institutions" and that "[as] Congress goes unchecked, many Peruvians point to its role in weakening the rule of law as the reason for the expansion of organized crime in the country."[67]

A return to a bicameral legislative system was also established by Congress, overruling the 2018 constitutional referendum where voters voted to maintain a unicameral system,[24] which includes 130 seats for deputies and 60 seats for senators. Congress also reversed the decision of voters who chose in the 2018 referendum to prohibit officeholders from being re-elected.[24] Deputies serve in the lower house, tasked with presenting legislative bills and providing oversight of the Cabinet of Peru, having more responsibility over political objectives. Senators represent the upper house and hold more institutional control; they review bills presented by deputies and are responsible for electing the directors of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, the members of the Constitutional Court, the Comptroller General, Ombudsman of Peru and other institutional leaders. Upper house senators also hold the power to approve certain functions of the executive, such as foreign travel, and the ability to remove the president.[68] The president also cannot dissolve the upper house of Congress, granting that body a large amount of power.[69]

Since 2025, The Economist has described Peru's political system as "hybrid", and according to the V-Dem Institute, it is "in the process of becoming autocratic".[70]

Electoral system

President

The president is elected using the two-round system.[71] The first round of voting allows eligible voters to vote for any viable presidential candidate.[71] The top two candidates who receive a plurality of the vote proceed to the run-off election.[71] The winner of the run-off election and the presidential election is the candidate who receives a plurality of the popular vote.[71][72] 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.[72]

Congress and Andean Parliament

The 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in 27 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation.[73] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[74][75] The 60 senators are elected through two systems, with 30 elected in a single nationwide constituency through proportional representation and 30 elected from the 27 constituencies used for the Chamber of Deputies, with Lima province electing four senators and the other 26 constituencies electing one each.[76] Peru has five seats in the Andean Parliament, which are elected using a common constituency by open list proportional representation.[77]

Threshold

To gain seats in each chamber, parties must both reach a 5% electoral threshold of valid votes for the chamber at the national level and also qualify for at least 5% of the number of seats of the respective chamber (7 for the chamber of deputies and 3 for the senate). For the senate, the combined vote total for the district and national list senators is used when checking whether a party has reached the threshold.[78][79]

Presidential candidates

A record number of presidential candidates participated in the first round of elections, with 36 individuals appearing on the initial ballot on 12 and 13 April 2026.[80] The first round ballot itself measured 16.5 inches (42 cm) by 17.3 inches (44 cm), and was described as being the size of a pizza box.[80][81] Napoleón Becerra of the Workers and Entrepreneurs Party appeared on first round ballots despite dying in a car accident on 15 March 2026, since they had already been printed.[82][83]

The remaining two candidates who went to the run-off election, Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez, appeared on the second round ballot.[84]

Campaign

The primary concerns among voters in the election were corruption and crime, though with extortion and homicides increasing greatly since the previous election, security became the main concern for voters.[85][1]

First round

Campaign issues

Extortion crimes increased 1,000% between 2023 and 2025, with gangs targeting schools, small businesses and transportation workers, killing workers who refuse to pay protection payments.[1][86][87][88] Between 2019 and 2024, the national homicide rate grew 200% and in 2025, about 33% of people reported knowing someone affected by extortion.[23] Over 500 schools in Peru faced extortion, 325 were closed due to threats and in some instances, schools began accounting for extortion payments in their budgets.[87][88] In 2025, over 50 transportation drivers in Lima and surrounding areas were murdered, reportedly related to extortion conflicts.[86][88] According to experts, the causes of the increase of crime include economic difficulties following the COVID-19 pandemic, the political crisis in Peru, the expansion of foreign gangs, and corrupt or bribed police cooperating with gangs.[86][87][89] States of emergencies were declared and troops were deployed onto streets, though this resulted in no change in crime rates.[88] In a notable event, the Círculo Militar de Chorrillos shooting occurred when a gang attempting to extort the cumbia band Agua Marina fired their guns at the band while on stage on 8 October 2025, with the shooting leading to the impeachment of Dina Boluarte as some argued her crime prevention policies being ineffective.[59]

The growth of crime resulted in extreme positions by some political candidates.[85] Front-runner Keiko Fujimori proposed having those incarcerated perform jobs in order to eat, stating "We will force prisoners to work for their food".[89] Carlos Álvarez described himself as "the Peruvian Bukele",[90] and said that if in office, he would designate all criminals as military targets subject to death if they did not surrender, saying "to hell with the human rights of criminals".[91] Rafael Lopez Aliaga proposed capturing criminals, helicoptering them into prisons in the Amazon rainforest and having the jails surrounded by South American bushmaster vipers.[85][89] Lopez Aliaga also proposed greater cooperation with the United States on crime, approving American troops to apprehend criminals in Peru and sending prisoners to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador.[89][92]

Second round

Multiple protests occurred throughout Peru against Fujimori's candidacy after she entered the second round, with anti-Fujimorists sharing fears that she will lead an authoritarian government similar to her father, Alberto Fujimori, who served 16 years in prison following convictions for crimes against humanity.[93][94] Harvard University professor Steven Levitsky stated that if Fujimori were to attempt to create an authoritarian government following an election victory, she would face little opposition from Peru's institutions as she has taken advantage of political connections in the Armed Forces, businesses and with "criminal or semi-criminal alliances".[95] These protests affected Fujimori's final campaign rally in Huancayo, Junín, on 26 May 2026, where protests became so severe that police resorted to dispersing demonstrators with tear gas, with Fujimori announcing following the incident that "Order will return to Junín and all of Peru".[96] On 31 May 2026, thousands marched in Lima against Fujimori's candidacy.[94] During the campaign, she was endorsed by international conservative figures including Abelardo de la Espriella, Jeanine Áñez, Iván Duque, Felipe Calderón, Vicente Fox, Mauricio Macri, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Flávio Bolsonaro, José Antonio Kast, and Mariano Rajoy.[97][98]

Second round candidate endorsements

For the second round of elections, former candidates provided or withheld endorsements for second round candidates:

More information Party, Congress % ...
Party Congress % Endorsement
Popular Renewal 11.04% Keiko Fujimori[99]
Party of Good Government 10.47% For spoilt/blank ballots[100]
Ahora Nación 8.18% Roberto Sánchez[101]
Civic Party OBRAS 8.84% Roberto Sánchez[102]
Country for All 6.3% No endorsement[103]
First the People 3.3% Roberto Sánchez[104]
People's Liberty 1.1% No endorsement[103]
Free Peru No endorsement[105]
Purple Party 0.8% No endorsement[103]
Venceremos [es] 0.6% Roberto Sánchez[106]
Workers and Entrepreneurs Party 0.1% Roberto Sánchez[107]
Candidate First round % Endorsement
Rafael López Aliaga 11.90% Keiko Fujimori[108]
Jorge Nieto 10.98% For spoilt/blank ballots[100]
Marisol Pérez Tello 03.41% No endorsement[109]
Ricardo Belmont 10.15% Roberto Sánchez[110]
Alfonso López Chau 7.29% Roberto Sánchez[101]
Carlos Espá [es] 3.35% Keiko Fujimori[111]
George Forsyth 0.91% Roberto Sánchez[110]
Ronald Atencio [es] 0.84% Roberto Sánchez[106]
Rosario Fernández [es] 0.77% Roberto Sánchez[112]
Vladimir Cerrón 0.60% No endorsement[105]
Roberto Chiabra [es] 0.41% Keiko Fujimori[103]
Rafael Belaúnde 0.24% Keiko Fujimori[113]
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Conduct

First round

Days before the election, a survey showed that 80% of respondents said they did not understand the mechanisms of voting, especially with such a large ballot with multiple columns.[114]

Election monitoring was performed by the Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union, which comprised 150 members, and 90 officials of the Organization of American States (OAS).[115] Other monitoring included individuals from the Association of World Election Bodies, the Carter Center, the Center for Electoral Advisory and Promotion and the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations, alongside local monitoring groups. About 10,550 locations hosted 92,720 voting stations nationally. Internationally, 4,000 voting stations were established, though voting in Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia was cancelled due to the 2026 Iran war.[116][80]

On election day, ballots and materials for dozens of polling stations were delivered late or not delivered at all, resulting in over 50,000 people being unable to vote. Voting issues in Orlando, Florida, and Paterson, New Jersey, were also reported. These complications resulted in an extension in the voting deadline for the affected voters.[69] Voters in Chile, where about 113,000 Peruvians reside, expressed frustrations as well when shuttles promised to bring people to polling stations were not used and when the opening of voting at Espacio Riesco [es] was delayed by five hours, starting at 12:00 noon (UTC−05:00) instead of the planned 7:00.[117] Reports by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) showed that this delay had an insignificant effect on voter turnout.[13]

Keiko Fujimori was quickly determined to be the candidate most likely heading to the second round of presidential elections. As the tabulation of voting data occurred, left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez saw his position move from 6th place to 3rd place by 15 April. While a group of European Union electoral observers and governmental authorities reported no voting irregularities, right-wing protestors gathered at the headquarters of the National Jury of Elections (JNE), participating in sit-in demonstrations.[10] On 24 April 2026, the JNE ruled 3–2 against annulling the first round of elections and said that the second round would occur on its already scheduled date of 7 June 2026.[13]

Second round

A report reviewed by OjoPúblico showed that the scanning of ballots in the first round reportedly failed in 17 countries, and Foreign Minister Carlos Pareja Ríos [es], a former ambassador to the United States, demanded that the Electoral Counting System (SCE) be suspended for the second round at 108 consulate offices in 59 countries, which represented about 1.1 million eligible voters.[14] A week before the second round, the ONPE suspended the use of the SCE and decided that voting minutes would be physically transferred to Peru in diplomatic bags and reviewed.[14] The decision raised some concern from Víctor Rico Frontaura, head of the OAS monitoring group, though he said no substantial irregularities affected the second round.[14]

Following a complaint by journalist Karla Ramírez about irregularities in favor of Together For Peru (mainly, other ballots were marked in favor of Popular Force), the ONPE intervened, together with the national police, the Public Ministry, and the armed forces. It was later confirmed that 90 ballots had been previously marked, two people were arrested, and that fifty ballots had already been replaced with new ones.[118][119]

Due to very tight results and highly likely recount, ONPE said a full count was expected to be completed by July.[120]

Both Fujimori and Sánchez called for ballots to be annulled in each other's strongholds, citing alleged irregularities.[121] While Sánchez received the majority of domestic votes, Fujimori's later lead was attributed to foreign votes from expatriates located mainly in Argentina, Spain and the United States.[15] Following the cancellation of the SCE, the arrival commercial flights of consular staff holding foreign votes began on 10 June.[14] Sánchez has not conceded and has alleged fraud, especially after the SCE suspension with international voting, saying he has instead won and would defend his "popular victory", drawing comparison to Fujimori's own initial rejection of the 2021 election.[14][122][123]

Opinion polls

First round

Opinion polling experienced multiple shifts between the more than 30 candidates in the first round of presidential elections. In a September 2025 poll, about 71% of respondents made the mistake of believing Mario Vizcarra was his brother Martín Vizcarra.[124] Despite this, a later poll showed Vizcarra becoming the second most popular presidential candidate by mid-October 2025.[125] His lead steadily declined shortly thereafter. Wolfgang Grozo's standings in the polls grew by early March 2026,[126] as he became the fifth most supported presidential candidate according to CPI polls[127][128] and assumed fourth place in the IEP polls.[129]

In most of the period prior to the election, López Aliaga was recognized as the frontrunner in polls.[130] Days before the election on 4 April 2026, La República reported that the chief of Opinion Studies at the Institute of Peruvian Studies, Patricia Zárate, observed that Sánchez was experiencing a similar growth in support in polls as Castillo did at the same period prior to the 2021 Peruvian general election.[131]

Trend lines of the voting intention polls for the first round.

Second round

In the second round, Fujimori maintained a lead in opinion polls during the entire period between rounds.

Trend lines of the voting intention polls for the second round.

Results

President

More information Candidate, Running mate ...
CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Keiko FujimoriLuis Galarreta
Miki Torres
Popular Force2,877,67817.199,223,39650.13
Roberto SánchezAnalí Márquez
Brígida Curo
Together for Peru2,015,11412.049,173,75549.87
Rafael López AliagaNorma Yarrow
Jhon Ramos Malpica
Popular Renewal1,993,90511.91
Jorge NietoSusana Matute Charún
Carlos Caballero León
Party of Good Government1,837,51710.98
Ricardo BelmontDaniel Barragán
Dina Hancco
Civic Party OBRAS1,698,90310.15
Carlos ÁlvarezMaría Chambizea Reyes
Diego Guevara Vivando
Country for All1,326,7177.93
Alfonso López ChauLuis Villanueva Carbajal
Ruth Buendía
Ahora Nación1,221,2727.30
Marisol Pérez TelloRaúl Molina
Manuel Ato del Avellanal
First the People571,1703.41
Carlos Espá [es]Alejandro Santa María
Melitza Yanzich
SíCreo Party [es]560,7923.35
Fernando OliveraElizabeth León
Carlos Cuaresma
Front of Hope 2021307,8801.84
José LunaCecilia García
Raúl Noblecilla
Podemos Perú266,7681.59
Yonhy LescanoCarmela Salazar Jáuregui
Vanesa Lazo Valles
Popular Cooperation214,7791.28
César AcuñaJessica Tumi Rivas
Alejandro Soto Reyes
Alliance for Progress192,5161.15
Enrique ValderramaMaría Inés Valdivia
Lucio Antonio Vásquez
Peruvian Aprista Party161,2480.96
George ForsythJohanna Lozada Baldwin
Herbe Olave Ugarte
We Are Peru153,0730.91
Herbert CallerRossana Montes Tello
Jorge Carcovich Cartolezzi
Patriotic Party of Peru [es]144,1830.86
Mario VizcarraCarlos Illanes Calderón
Judith Mendoza Díaz
Peru First143,9080.86
Ronald Atencio [es]Elena Rivera
Alberto Quintanilla
Venceremos [es]140,1740.84
Rosario Fernández [es]Arturo Fernández
Carlos Pinillos Vinces
A Different Path [es]128,0090.76
Charlie Carrasco [es]María Paredes Verci
Wilbert Segovia Quin
United Peru Democratic Party119,0280.71
Vladimir CerrónFlavio Cruz
Bertha Rojas
Free Peru100,0730.60
Mesías GuevaraHerber Cueva
Marisol Liñán
Purple Party82,1960.49
Roberto Chiabra [es]Javier Bedoya Denegri
Neldy Mendoza
National Unity67,9390.41
Paul Jaimes [es]Mónica Guillén
Jorge Caloggero Encina
Progresemos66,0460.39
Álex Gonzales [es]Bertha Azabache
Wellington Prada
Green Democratic Party [es]63,9240.38
Wolfgang Grozo [es]Maritza Sánchez Perales
Félix Murazzo
Democratic Integrity63,7510.38
Rafael Belaúnde LlosaPedro Cateriano
Tania Porles
People's Liberty40,8700.24
José WilliamsFernán Altuve
Adriana Tudela
Avanza País32,5850.19
Francisco Diez-Canseco [es]Diego Koster
Clara Quispe
Peru Action31,7100.19
Fiorella MolinelliGilbert Violeta
María Pariona
Force and Liberty27,2170.16
Álvaro Paz de la Barra [es]Yessika Arteaga
Shella Palacios
Faith in Peru23,3350.14
Armando Massé [es]Virgilio Acuña
Lidia Lourdes Díaz
Federal Democratic Party21,7440.13
Antonio OrtizJaime Freundt
Giovanna Demurtas
Let's Save Peru [es]17,6480.11
Walter ChirinosJulio Vega Ybáñez
Mayra Vargas Gil
PRIN Political Party14,5660.09
Carlos Jaico [es]Miguel Almenara
Liz Quispe Santos
Modern Peru9,8010.06
Napoleón Becerra[b]Winston Huamán
Nélida Cuayla
Workers and Entrepreneurs Party00.00
Total16,738,039100.0018,397,151100.00
Valid votes16,738,03982.9918,397,15193.47
Invalid votes1,056,8115.241,167,8365.93
Blank votes2,372,89511.77118,3960.60
Total votes20,167,745100.0019,683,383100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,325,43273.8127,325,43272.03
Source: ONPE (Round 1) ONPE (Round 2)
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By department

First round
More information Department, Fujimori ...
Department
Fujimori

Sánchez Palomino

López Aliaga

Nieto

Belmont

Álvarez Loayza

López-Chau
Others Blank Invalid Turnout
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes Votes Voters %
Amazonas 28,403 17.37% 59,302 36.27% 6,034 3.69% 5,971 3.65% 17,400 10.64% 4,068 2.49% 9,775 5.98% 32,529 19.90% 36,318 15,329 215,129 62.31%
Ancash 97,743 18.00% 81,477 15.00% 32,819 6.04% 40,197 7.40% 54,641 10.06% 53,989 9.94% 48,017 8.84% 134,140 24.70% 104,367 50,131 697,521 71.81%
Apurimac 13,861 6.90% 82,531 41.06% 6,349 3.16% 7,302 3.63% 28,388 14.12% 2,928 1.46% 21,643 10.77% 37,987 18.90% 39,781 14,640 255,410 70.68%
Arequipa 64,430 7.33% 88,766 10.09% 93,233 10.60% 164,086 18.66% 96,079 10.92% 73,301 8.33% 81,964 9.32% 217,706 24.75% 75,007 39,576 994,148 81.05%
Ayacucho 23,058 8.12% 89,314 31.43% 7,750 2.73% 15,722 5.53% 41,070 14.46% 6,545 2.30% 41,010 14.43% 59,662 21.00% 52,951 19,270 356,352 68.50%
Cajamarca 89,279 13.85% 268,961 41.72% 20,875 3.24% 29,660 4.60% 70,873 10.99% 20,287 3.15% 29,048 4.51% 115,641 17.94% 124,649 54,285 823,558 68.70%
Callao 119,476 20.70% 17,377 3.01% 86,785 15.03% 86,599 15.00% 47,105 8.16% 69,984 12.12% 34,326 5.95% 115,652 20.03% 62,495 31,746 671,545 78.18%
Cusco 42,553 6.14% 158,426 22.85% 32,775 4.73% 61,621 8.89% 109,331 15.77% 20,035 2.89% 102,237 14.75% 166,383 24.00% 99,060 49,391 841,812 74.25%
Huancavelica 12,238 7.08% 75,063 43.40% 4,077 2.36% 5,605 3.24% 23,433 13.55% 2,953 1.71% 15,996 9.25% 33,591 19.42% 32,882 12,163 218,001 64.22%
Huanuco 52,987 15.46% 102,366 29.88% 20,181 5.89% 15,879 4.63% 48,360 14.11% 19,103 5.58% 20,174 5.89% 63,587 18.56% 73,344 24 876 440,857 67.15%
Ica 98,052 20.33% 37,264 7.73% 45,300 9.39% 47,605 9.87% 51,550 10.69% 55,939 11.60% 31,908 6.62% 114,653 23.77% 71,505 29,446 583,222 81.68%
Junin 108,631 17.11% 78,227 12.32% 48,223 7.59% 50,716 7.99% 70,985 11.18% 45,865 7.22% 69,940 11.01% 162,500 25.59% 107,546 42,977 785,610 73.94%
La Libertad 188,993 20.26% 88,291 9.47% 76,520 8.20% 91,566 9.82% 66,168 7.09% 74,254 7.96% 38,080 4.08% 308,921 33.12% 159,363 74,438 1,166,594 75.13%
Lambayeque 176,103 26.41% 71,644 10.74% 57,305 8.59% 68,907 10.33% 50,063 7.51% 61,658 9.25% 29,795 4.47% 151,340 22.70% 100,404 50,644 817,863 77.79%
Lima 1,089,534 17.91% 199,439 3.28% 1,211,672 19.92% 918,765 15.11% 555,669 9.14% 542,877 8.93% 414,494 6.82% 1,149,847 18.90% 555,344 271,755 6,909,396 79.87%
Loreto 96,815 28.36% 33,655 9.86% 22,835 6.69% 12,233 3.58% 14,264 4.18% 40,444 11.85% 14,691 4.30% 106,389 31.17% 85,358 27,394 454,078 58.52%
Madre de Dios 10,948 13.55% 18,948 23.45% 2,761 3.42% 4,190 5.19% 11,789 14.59% 5,087 6.30% 6,506 8.05% 20,567 25.46% 18,508 5,242 104,546 70.84%
Moquegua 7,569 6.64% 14,719 12.92% 6,601 5.79% 11,909 10.45% 13,899 12.20% 6,145 5.39% 11,986 10.52% 41,126 36.09% 12,001 5,361 131,316 79.77%
Pasco 21,842 18.87% 21,606 18.67% 7,650 6.61% 5,183 4.48% 13,855 11.97% 4,738 4.09% 10,281 8.88% 30,597 26.43% 22,142 8,150 146,044 65.29%
Piura 246,696 28.03% 100,908 11.47% 58,795 6.68% 77,122 8.76% 65,325 7.42% 93,588 10.64% 40,950 4.65% 196,635 22.34% 183,282 84,163 1,147,464 74.80%
Puno 25,389 3.90% 162,460 24.98% 12,442 1.91% 26,989 4.15% 115,259 17.72% 10,602 1.63% 73,801 11.35% 223,466 34.36% 77,890 41,308 769,606 79.88%
San Martin 90,655 23.26% 93,288 23.94% 22,894 5.87% 17,394 4.46% 44,306 11.37% 19,793 5.08% 17,101 4.39% 84,304 21.63% 104,699 38,975 533,409 73.72%
Tacna 15,125 6.85% 26,302 11.92% 13,698 6.21% 25,263 11.45% 32,316 14.64% 16,162 7.32% 21,938 9.94% 69,926 31.68% 18,885 9,354 248,969 82.27%
Tumbes 37,850 34.16% 7,748 6.99% 6,556 5.92% 6,072 5.48% 5,455 4.92% 16,426 14.83% 5,440 4.91% 25,245 22.79% 21,599 9,363 141 754 78.18%
Ucayali 66,994 29.71% 29,038 12.88% 12,894 5.72% 9,938 4.41% 19,083 8.46% 23,429 10.39% 9,015 4.00% 55,109 24.44% 58,723 18,241 302,464 66.63%
Peruvians abroad 52,454 17.05% 7,994 2.60% 76,881 24.99% 31,023 10.08% 32,237 10.48% 36,517 11.87% 21,156 6.88% 49,430 16.06% 74,792 28,593 411,077 33.95%
Source: ONPE
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Second round
More information Department, Fujimori ...
2026 Peruvian presidential election results – Second round by Department
Department
Fujimori

Sánchez Palomino
Blank Invalid Turnout Registered voters
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Amazonas 69,220 35.54% 125,555 64.46% 1,825 0.88% 11,449 5.50% 208,049 60.26% 345,245
Ancash 270,818 43.37% 353,564 56.63% 6,118 0.90% 50,592 7.43% 681,092 70.12% 971,385
Apurimac 43,413 18.82% 187,285 81.18% 1,938 0.79% 12,426 5.07% 245,062 67.82% 361,338
Arequipa 334,264 36.40% 584,000 63.60% 3,777 0.39% 56,775 5.80% 978,816 79.80% 1,226,525
Ayacucho 67,502 20.71% 258,505 79.29% 2,362 0.69% 15,922 4.63% 344,291 66.18% 520,238
Cajamarca 246,039 33.24% 494,097 66.76% 7,519 0.94% 50,471 6.32% 798,126 66.58% 1,198,773
Callao 403,845 65.60% 211,803 34.40% 3,233 0.49% 42,070 6.37% 660,951 76.95% 858,968
Cusco 167,218 21.89% 596,621 78.11% 5,010 0.61% 47,125 5.78% 815,974 71.97% 1,133,754
Huancavelica 37,004 18.60% 161,991 81.41% 1,556 0.74% 9,928 4.72% 210,479 62.01% 339,448
Huanuco 140,904 35.84% 252,225 64.16% 3,235 0.77% 25,152 5.97% 421,516 64.21% 656,517
Ica 282,464 51.94% 261,387 48.06% 3,365 0.58% 29,110 5.05% 576,326 80.72% 713,997
Junin 323,824 45.07% 394,718 54.93% 4,788 0.62% 45,196 5.88% 768,526 72.33% 1,062,500
La Libertad 604,436 57.57% 445,569 42.43% 7,078 0.62% 79,694 7.01% 1,136,777 73.21% 1,552,691
Lambayeque 437,358 58.85% 305,863 41.15% 5,223 0.65% 55,617 6.92% 804,061 76.48% 1,051,350
Lima 4,072,836 63.51% 2,340,068 36.49% 33,023 0.48% 385,502 5.64% 6,831,429 78.97% 8,651,028
Loreto 214,215 53.00% 189,943 47.00% 3,444 0.79% 26,217 6.04% 433,819 55.91% 775,923
Madre de Dios 29,401 30.80% 66,058 69.20% 596 0.59% 4,567 4.54% 100,622 68.18% 147,577
Moquegua 33,495 27.44% 88,558 72.56% 622 0.48% 6,699 5.18% 129,374 78.59% 164,628
Pasco 51,747 39.30% 79,930 60.70% 992 0.70% 8,405 5.96% 141,074 63.07% 223,695
Piura 590,489 57.02% 445,100 42.98% 9,082 0.81% 80,007 7.11% 1,124,678 73.31% 1,534,085
Puno 96,486 13.59% 613,281 86.41% 2,743 0.37% 33,291 4.46% 745,801 77.41% 963,489
San Martin 219,293 45.36% 264,127 54.64% 4,581 0.88% 34,569 6.62% 522,570 72.22% 723,605
Tacna 66,335 28.67% 165,063 71.33% 1,134 0.46% 12,319 5.03% 244,851 80.91% 302,615
Tumbes 82,280 64.38% 45,530 35.62% 996 0.72% 9,769 7.05% 138,575 76.43% 181,317
Ucayali 143,122 52.56% 129,181 47.44% 2,215 0.76% 16,474 5.66% 290,992 64.11% 453,928
Peruvians abroad 195,388 63.21% 113,733 36.79% 1,941 0.59% 18,490 5.61% 329,552 27.22% 1,210,813
Source: ONPE
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Congress

Senate

More information Party, Single National Constituency ...
PartySingle National ConstituencyCongressional ConstituenciesTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Popular Force2,227,96215.0672,166,89515.841522
Together for Peru1,808,78312.2351,357,4539.92914
Popular Renewal1,633,11011.0451,620,14111.8438
Party of Good Government1,549,92010.4851,574,31711.5127
Civic Party OBRAS1,307,3408.8441,237,3749.0515
Ahora Nación1,210,1478.1841,157,7908.4604
Country for All859,3715.810846,0636.1800
First the People524,2123.540448,8503.2800
SíCreo Party [es]405,6012.74060,3820.4400
Alliance for Progress392,8552.660348,0252.5400
Podemos Perú330,8932.240329,0632.4100
Peruvian Aprista Party253,4991.710247,5041.8100
Front of Hope 2021244,1121.650254,4011.8600
Agricultural People's Front of Peru231,1721.560268,3691.9600
We Are Peru201,4601.360234,3511.7100
Popular Cooperation165,8411.120160,1111.1700
Peru First154,8811.050169,6521.2400
Progresemos146,3870.990127,3810.9300
Venceremos [es]135,7210.920108,6810.7900
A Different Path [es]126,9300.860128,4370.9400
United Peru Democratic Party120,3950.81097,2050.7100
Patriotic Party of Peru [es]115,1060.78055,5310.4100
Free Peru112,1320.760128,2310.9400
Go on Country – Social Integration Party74,2510.50079,1210.5800
Purple Party72,9420.49073,4390.5400
People's Liberty68,9300.47068,9390.5000
Green Democratic Party [es]67,9090.46067,0490.4900
National Unity57,6050.39062,7270.4600
Democratic Integrity55,0730.37055,4800.4100
Force and Liberty32,6520.22038,7300.2800
Faith in Peru27,1060.18018,5850.1400
Federal Democratic Party22,1050.15017,8430.1300
Peru Action21,7480.15019,1450.1400
PRIN Political Party21,1010.14018,8660.1400
Workers and Entrepreneurs Party15,9890.1106,6410.0500
Let's Save Peru [es]14,9140.1100
Modern Peru12,0610.0900
Total14,795,241100.003013,679,747100.003060
Valid votes14,795,24173.2613,679,74767.75
Invalid votes3,123,74215.473,268,58916.19
Blank votes2,275,63911.273,244,03516.07
Total votes20,194,622100.0020,192,371100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,325,43273.9027,325,43273.90
Source: ONPE Single District, ONPE Multiple District
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Chamber of Deputies

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Popular Force2,114,38914.6641+17
Popular Renewal1,593,04111.0415+2
Together for Peru1,553,15410.7732+27
Party of Good Government1,509,98710.4718New
Ahora Nación1,224,5568.4910New
Civic Party OBRAS1,199,8888.3214New
Country for All838,9015.820New
First the People434,7403.010New
Alliance for Progress401,4682.780−15
Podemos Perú379,8122.630−5
We Are Peru308,2182.140−5
Agricultural People's Front of Peru272,7591.8900
Peruvian Aprista Party268,8031.860New
SíCreo Party [es]244,7811.700New
Front of Hope 2021241,2741.670New
Peru First197,5201.370New
Popular Cooperation163,7341.130New
Venceremos [es]162,4921.130New
Free Peru138,1370.960−37
Progresemos134,0500.930New
A Different Path [es]129,4840.900New
Go on Country – Social Integration Party120,1600.830−7
People's Liberty106,3470.740New
Patriotic Party of Peru [es]99,2160.690New
United Peru Democratic Party93,5540.650New
Purple Party88,0170.610−3
Green Democratic Party [es]77,1260.530New
National Unity71,7350.500New
Democratic Integrity60,2730.420New
Force and Liberty47,9690.330New
PRIN Political Party28,0220.190New
Faith in Peru26,8940.190New
Federal Democratic Party23,0410.160New
Let's Save Peru [es]21,2750.150New
Peru Action20,5660.140New
Modern Peru18,5080.130New
Workers and Entrepreneurs Party12,5670.090New
Total14,426,458100.001300
Valid votes14,426,45871.45
Invalid votes3,135,23815.53
Blank votes2,629,01713.02
Total votes20,190,713100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,325,43273.89
Source: ONPE
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List of elected Deputies

More information Name, Party ...
Name Party Department Votes
Aldo Antonio Bravo QuispeRPLima20,647
Alejandro José Manay PillacaJPAyacucho12,667
Alexander Salas RiveraFPLima Provincias5,011
Amalia Emilia Palomino PachecoJPArequipa12,011
Ana Bertha Patiño UrcoFPJunín10,463
Ana Luisa Yuffra LugoFPLoreto1,423
Analí Márquez HuancaJPCusco19,815
Andrea Dayna Medina SteinOBRASLima8,476
Ángel Bruno Bobadilla GalindoFPCallao4,574
Ángel Renato Meneses CrispínANLima14,312
Arturo César Eusebio PadillaOBRASLima Provincias4,133
Auristela Ana Obando MorganFPCallao10,951
Azucena Isla RojasJPLoreto3,380
Bernardino Jair Manrique OliveraANLima38,995
Carlos Alberto Domínguez HerreraFPÁncash3,920
Carlos Alberto Yalta SoteloRPCallao12,607
Carlos Alberto Zegarra SánchezFPIca8,775
Carmela Paucara PaxiFPPiura7,896
Carmen Georgina Duarte Patiño de PezetPBGJunín6,661
Catherin Norma Palomino CasavilcaJPHuancavelica13,580
Cecilia Isabel Chacón de VettoriFPLima81,234
César Augusto Holguín LoaizaANCusco27,527
César Augusto Muedas BalbieseANJunín18,895
César Hugo Tito RojasJPPuno19,606
César Manuel Revilla VillanuevaFPPiura23,816
César Manuel Vidaurre FloridasFPLoreto5,688
Christian Aranda VásquezRPArequipa15,927
Daniel Jefferson Varas SeguínJPÁncash8,057
Demetrio Flavio Valqui CalderónOBRASLa Libertad5,288
Diego Alonso Fernando Bazán CalderónRPLa Libertad14,101
Diethell Columbus MurataFPLima34,200
Dina Irene Hancco HanccoOBRASPuno13,203
Édgar Adrián Alvarón de la CruzOBRASÁncash4,733
Édgar Dember Gonzáles PolarPBGArequipa19,814
Eduardo Enrique Castillo RivasFPPiura21,130
Edwin Espinoza HuillcaPBGCusco9,564
Ernesto Alonzo Zunini YerrénJPLambayeque11,268
Félix See Hung Chang ApuyRPPiura13,945
Fernando Alberto García HubyPBGCallao6,603
Flor de Jesús Meza RiveraFPLima7,630
Francisco Javier Gatica VegaFPSan Martín4,497
Frank Krklec TorresRPLima35,171
Freshman Buitrón MartínezANAyacucho9,792
Gabriel Robertino Gonzáles DelgadoJPCajamarca26,244
Geanmarco Antonio Quezada CastroFPLa Libertad4,061
Giannina Iris Avendaño VilcaJPLima22,644
Gilmer Trujillo ZegarraFPLa Libertad15,030
Gladys Griselda Andrade Salguero de ÁlvarezFPLima Provincias9,687
Gloria Charito Hirache PizarroPBGArequipa9,668
Graciela Chipana CondoriJPMoquegua2,761
Gustavo Alexander Segura FigueroaRPLima39,528
Harvey Julio Colchado HuamaníANLima143,244
Haydée Celinda Poma HuamaniJPMadre de Dios2,064
Heber López LetonaOBRASCusco8,701
Héctor Guillén ValenciaJPHuancavelica7,296
Helard Bladimir Sonco VillanuevaANPuno14,617
Henry Antonio Albañil CarmonaOBRASPiura5,049
Hilda Judit Fernández de la TorrePBGLima Provincia27,006
Indira Isabel Huilca FloresANLima92,985
Jacqueline Viviana Tapullima InsapilloJPSan Martín6,859
Jaime Américo Abensur PinascoFPUcayali4,040
James Arturo Holguín AguirreJPMadre de Dios2,856
Javier Alejandro Castro CruzFPLambayeque8,249
Javier José María Cipriani ThorneRPLima40,119
Jeenny Cristina Samanez Gonzáles VigilOBRASLima19,689
Jessica Benítez BarrionuevoPBGLima13,884
Jessica Lizbeth Navas SánchezFPUcayali11,979
Jessica Roxana Guevara RamírezJPCajamarca5,463
Jessica Sadith Pérez QuispeJPPuno21,521
Jesús Pérez AlccahuamánJPApurímac13,866
Jhonn Brayam Valquí OrdóñezFPPasco2,797
Jorge Arturo Zeballos AponteRPPeruanos Residentes en el Extranjero7,958
José Isidro Baella MalcaRPLima76,554
José Marvin Palma MendozaFPLambayeque28,534
José Miguel Marcelo SalazarANÁncash6,880
José Ricardo Yataco TorrealvaOBRASIca5,762
Juan Amílcar Villanueva CalderónJPCajamarca4,141
Juan César Cabrera NietoOBRASTacna3,552
Julián Luis Pérez MallquiJPCusco15,774
Karina Juliza Beteta RubínFP Huánuco7,694
Kim Tami Muñoz YurivilcaFPPasco2,001
Leo Miguel de Paz LanchoRPLima22,858
Leticia Maruja Leiva BaylónFPLa Libertad5,525
Lila Marianela Prado VallejosPBGIca4,410
Liliana Milagros Takayama JiménezFPLambayeque5,796
Liz Huli Mendoza BernedoFPPeruanos Residentes en el Extranjero4,053
Luis Ángel Jibaja RamosJPCajamarca4,235
Luis Arturo Alegría GarcíaFPSan Martín9,969
Luis Aurelio Masco CáceresOBRASArequipa8,876
Luis Eliseo Quispe CandiaPBGLima29,675
Luz Mérida Soto FerrariJPApurímac6,359
Luzmila María del Carmen Gamarra PitaFPÁncash11,916
Mady Verónica Yonz NúñezRPIca8,800
Marco Antonio Flores ValdizánJP Huánuco3,751
Marco Antonio Pacheco QuispeFPLima14,267
María Candelaria Ramos RosalesFPTumbes1,275
María Luisa Silupú IngaFPPiura5,298
Marino Teófilo Lavado ValdiviaJPLa Libertad10,067
Marleny Bibiana Arminta ValenciaANArequipa15,640
Marlon Alberto Aguirre RamosJPJunín10,554
Máximo Peralta JorpaOBRASJunín6,844
Mery Eliana Infantes CastañedaFPAmazonas1,444
Miguel Félix Huamán CornejoPBGPiura5,191
Milagros Karina Santana VeraPBGLima Provincias3,108
Nary Benvinda Pinasco MontenegroFPLoreto6,059
Nathaly Milagros Molina SotoPBGLima30,069
Nery Rodolfo Fernández NinaPBGMoquegua1,634
Nora María Llaque LinaresPBGLa Libertad8,765
Norma Martina Yarrow LumbrerasRPLima126,370
Olver Peña CórdovaJPSan Martín10,518
Óscar de Jesús Reto OteroPBGLima54,276
Oswar Elbis Cahuaza MitivireJPUcayali3,529
Paola Isabel Martínez PaitánRPLima24,714
Pierangeli Daniela Dodero JovichFPLima12,477
Pier Paolo Figari MendozaFPLima17,742
Pilar Sulca CastilloJPAyacucho2,276
Rafael Aldo Celiz CastilloFPTumbes3,352
Raúl Jesús Camargo PortaOBRASLima7,575
Remigio Condori FloresJPPuno17,517
Romina Alejandra Uribe SáenzPBGLima12,283
Rosangella Andrea Barbarán ReyesFPLima28,248
Rossana Herminia Alayza MacceraPBGLima13,876
Roxana María Rocha GallegosRPLima53,998
Royser Castro GrandezFPAmazonas4,624
Segundo Juan Castrejón FernándezPBGLambayeque7,782
Segundo Senovio Ticlla RafaelFPCajamarca7,462
Svieta Valia Fernández GonzálezJPTacna3,718
Víctor Eduardo Piñan MamaniOBRASLima14,721
Yenifer Noelia Paredes NavarroJPCajamarca72,450
Yuli Liliana Ambrosio DomínguezJP Huánuco9,242
Source: Jurado Nacional de Elecciones - JNE
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Andean Parliament

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Popular Force2,038,47815.2510
Party of Good Government1,652,59812.361New
Together for Peru1,617,18812.101+1
Popular Renewal1,534,88511.4810
Civic Party OBRAS1,273,4039.521New
Ahora Nación1,116,9738.350New
Country for All817,9636.120New
First the People482,3373.610New
Agricultural People's Front of Peru297,4172.2200
Podemos Perú282,2212.1100
Alliance for Progress256,0631.9200
Peruvian Aprista Party237,6691.780New
We Are Peru196,8851.4700
Popular Cooperation149,2551.120New
Peru First148,0761.110New
Venceremos [es]138,7881.040New
Free Peru128,3770.960–1
A Different Path [es]126,8600.950New
Progresemos120,2190.900New
Patriotic Party of Peru [es]111,1690.830New
United Peru Democratic Party100,4740.750New
Purple Party93,4840.7000
People's Liberty71,5050.530New
Green Democratic Party [es]66,6670.500New
Go on Country – Social Integration Party65,1350.490–1
Democratic Integrity57,2710.430New
National Unity55,2850.410New
Force and Liberty36,0110.270New
Faith in Peru25,7720.190New
PRIN Political Party23,2220.170New
Let's Save Peru [es]21,1190.160New
Modern Peru13,3650.100New
Workers and Entrepreneurs Party13,1660.100New
Total13,369,300100.0050
Valid votes13,369,30066.29
Invalid votes2,917,27514.46
Blank votes3,881,93419.25
Total votes20,168,509100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,325,43273.81
Source: ONPE
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Aftermath

First round

"If you don't declare this filth null and void, Mr. Burneo, get ready ... You're going to get a big one. A huge tortoise so you'll behave like a man. You know where I'm going to shove it. We're going to shove the tortoise in you, you know exactly where."

Rafael López Aliaga, 14 April 2026[9][11]

During the election, dozens of polling stations opened late or did not open at all, which initially prevented more than 60,000 voters from being able to cast their votes; because of this, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) extended voting until 18:00 and extended the election until 13 April in areas affected.[132] It was found that the company responsible for transporting election material had failed to comply with its contract, leaving polling stations unable to operate. The headquarters of the company were subsequently raided by the police.[133] An investigation revealed that the government had already penalized the company for failing to fulfill its contracts regarding the election on three previous occasions,[134] and that already in March the authorities had warned ONPE of risks that tasking the company with the distribution of election materials would entail.[135] As the result, José Samamé Blas, the ONPE's electoral management director, was arrested and charged with dereliction of duty and refusal to perform official duties.[136]

In the weeks leading up to the elections, El País reported that Rafael López Aliaga had already begun saying electoral fraud took place.[11] According to La República, Rafael López Aliaga implemented a disinformation campaign to discredit the election, accusing electoral authorities of engaging in fraud.[9] The newspaper reported that former police intelligence agents that were assisting López Aliaga's Popular Renewal party told journalists that a plan was organized by the party to remove head of the ONPE, Piero Corvetto and the head of the JNE, Roberto Burneo, replacing them with sympathetic officials who would invalidate the election.[9] Several mostly right-wing presidential candidates, including López Aliaga,[137] Wolfgang Grozo, Herbert Caller,[138] Álex Gonzales, and Francisco Diez-Canseco called for an invalidation of the election.[139] López Aliaga organized a demonstration, demanding the invalidation of the election.[140] El País reported that during a speech, López Aliaga made homophobic attacks and said he would rape Roberto Burneo with a tortoise if he did not annul the elections.[11] He accused the authorities of conducting "ballot box stuffing" in order to make Keiko Fujimori advance to the runoff; López Aliaga also called for an "insurgency" if the elections were not invalidated.[141][142][143] After calling for an insurgency, López Aliaga faced criminal charges related to an alleged incitement of civil disorder from the Public Ministry of Peru.[12]

In addition to his call for protests, López Aliaga offered 20,000 Peruvian soles (approximately 6,000 United States dollars in April 2026) to individuals who assisted his argument of electoral fraud being committed.[144] Fujimori, who had previously offered her alliance with López Aliaga by avoiding political attacks,[145] said that she would provide all representatives of her Popular Force party to assist López Aliaga in any potential fact-finding. According to La República, this may have been an attempt by Fujimori to prevent Sánchez from advancing to the second round of elections. Sánchez reacted to López Aliaga's offer to pay those assisting his electoral fraud narrative by saying "If there are doubts about this process, they must be substantiated with evidence before the authorities, not by paying bribes."[12]

ONPE head Piero Corvetto resigned as a result of the controversy and faced investigations related to the implementation of the first round of elections.[13]

Second round

Sánchez leaped to an early lead, resulting in a massive sell-off of the S&P/BVL Peru General Index.[146] Despite not all the votes being counted, the Wall Street Journal called the race for Fujimori on 11 June, stating that despite her holding a lead of just 50.002%, pollsters viewed her victory as a statistical inevitability.[123] Reuters, despite not yet calling the election, noted on 11 June that the last 3% or so of the vote to be counted would be contested votes, which were mostly from the Lima metropolitan region, a Fujimori stronghold.[146] The following day, The Daily Telegraph and The Times also published articles indicating that Fujimori was poised to be elected president.[147][148] Reuters also noted that U.S.-listed Peruvian mining company stocks like Compañía de Minas Buenaventura spiked after Fujimori retook the lead, and the sol steadied from its decline.[146] On 15 June, Americas Quarterly, the publication of the Americas Society and the Council of the Americas, called the race for Fujimori.[122]

On 23 June, Fujimori obtained a statistically unbeatable lead and began outlining her opening acts as president, including filling her cabinet with technocrats and promising to fight crime.[149] Sánchez, meanwhile, stated that he would not recognize the results, saying that the diaspora votes were fraudulent and filed a formal request for the JNE to annul the results.[150] However, on 6 July, Sánchez retracted his fraud allegations and conceded the election.[151]

On 29 June, after Fujimori was confirmed as winner of the runoff election, various international politicians reacted to the election and congratulated her, including Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz,[152] Argentinian president Javier Milei,[153][154][better source needed] Colombian president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella,[155] Chilean president José Antonio Kast,[156] Paraguayan president Santiago Peña and vice president Pedro Alliana,[157][better source needed][158] the World Bank's LAC region vice president Susana Cordeiro Guerra,[159] Inter-American Development Bank president Ilan Goldfajn,[160] OAS secretary general Albert Ramdin,[161] Costa Rican president Laura Fernández,[162][better source needed] Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa,[163] El Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele,[164][better source needed] Honduran president Nasry Asfura,[165][better source needed] Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez,[166] and Chinese president Xi Jinping.[167][better source needed]

See also

Notes

  1. The Senate was abolished in 1993 and restored in 2026
  2. Deceased in a car accident on 15 March 2026, but his ticket remained on a ballot, with all votes for him counted as invalid

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