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The National Office of Electoral Processes (Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales, ONPE) is the body in charge of organizing elections in Peru. Created in 1993, during the government of Alberto Fujimori, it is headquartered in the Lima District in Lima. Its current National Chief is Manuel Cox Ganoza.
General elections are scheduled to be held in Peru on 12 April 2026, with proposals to bring them forward to 2023 or 2024 due to the 2022–2023 Peruvian protests rejected. [1] [2] [3] The presidential elections will determine the president and the vice presidents, while the congressional elections will determine the composition of the Congress of Peru, which will return to being a bicameral ...
The Peruvian electoral system has as its mission the planning, organization and execution of elections in Peru, as well as keeping a civil registry. [1] As defined by the Constitution it comprises the following institutions: [2] National Jury of Elections (JNE): in charge of overseeing the legality of elections
Vargas Llosa ran and lost against Alberto Fujimori in Peru's 1990 elections, [167] and had previously criticized Fujimori, making statements such as "the worst option is that of Keiko Fujimori because it means the legitimation of one of the worst dictatorships that Peru has had in its history" [168] and that "Keiko is the daughter of a murderer ...
In Peru, the people directly elect a head of state (the president) as well as a legislature.The president is elected by the people for a five-year term. The unicameral Congress (Congreso) has 130 members, also elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.
In March 2016, presidential candidates Julio Guzmán from All for Peru and César Acuña Peralta from Alliance for Progress were barred from the elections; Guzmán due to a violation of party rules in the party's internal election and Acuña Peralta due to monetary giveaways during a campaign rally, a violation of an electoral law enacted by ...
Peru has a multi-party system with several political parties competing in legislative elections according to a party-list proportional representation system. As a consequence, it is rare for any single political organization to obtain an absolute majority in the Congress of Peru , thus, these parties often work with each other to form coalition ...
General elections were held in Peru on 10 April 2011 to elect the president, the vice presidents, 130 members of Congress and five members of the Andean Parliament.As no presidential candidate received a majority in the first round, a second round was held on 5 June to determine the successor of outgoing president Alan García.