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General elections were held in Peru on 10 April 2016 to determine the president, vice-presidents, composition of the Congress of the Republic of Peru and the Peruvian representatives of the Andean Parliament. In the race for the presidency, incumbent President Ollanta Humala was ineligible for re-election due to constitutional term limits.
Peruvian general election, 2016. Election officials announce all ballots have been processed and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski wins the closest presidential contest in five decades with 50.1 percent of the votes versus 49.9% for Keiko Fujimori. Fujimori has yet to concede defeat.
Alliance for the Progress of Peru Popular Alliance Popular Action Direct Democracy Possible Peru Peruvian Nationalist Party All for Peru National Solidarity-UPP Alliance Other Blank/None Undecided; 2016 general elections: 10 April 2016 N/A 36.3: 16.5: 13.9: 9.2 8.3 7.2 4.3 2.4 N/A N/A N/A 1.8 N/A N/A Ipsos Perú/El Comercio [44] 30 March-1 ...
Gathering to perform a ritual at their end of year ceremony, shamans danced and played instruments to predict the year ahead.
Voters in Peru go to the polls for the second round of voting in a presidential election where Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski are the remaining candidates. ( International Business Times ) Early results indicate Kuczynski has a slight lead over Fujimori, 50.59 percent to 49.41 percent, with about 52% of the votes counted.
Peru's business associations said on Friday that the country is "losing the battle" against organized crime, after an escalation in extortions forced the government to call in the military to help ...
Peru has a multi-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 form coalition governments. The whole election process is held by the National Jury of Elections and the National Office of Electoral Processes. Peru has compulsory voting ...
In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 9.2% of the popular vote and 9 out of 130 seats, all going to the Alliance for Progress. Presidential candidate César Acuña was barred from the election on 9 March 2016, by a decision of the Electoral Jury for allegedly vote buying in a campaign trail.