| Country: | Peru | ||||||||||||||
| Flag Year: | state | ||||||||||||||
| Previous Election: | 2021 Peruvian general election | ||||||||||||||
| Previous Year: | 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Election Date: | 12 April 2026 | ||||||||||||||
| Next Election: | 2031 Peruvian general election | ||||||||||||||
| Next Year: | 2031 | ||||||||||||||
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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 legislature with a 60-seat Senate and 130-seat Chamber of Deputies.
The President is elected using the two-round system.[4] The first round voting allows eligible voters to vote for any viable presidential candidate. The top two candidates who receive a plurality of the vote proceed to the run-off election. The winner of the run-off election and the presidential election is the candidate who receives a plurality of the popular vote.[5] 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.
The 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in 27 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation.[6] To enter Congress, parties must either cross the 5% electoral threshold at the national level, or win at least seven seats in one constituency. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[7] [8]
The 60 senators are elected dividing them in two separate elections, with 33 elected nationwide by proportional representation and 27 in single-member constituencies by first past the post.[9]
Peru has five seats in the Andean Parliament, which are elected using a common constituency by open list proportional representation.[10]
| Member of Congress (2006–2011) | President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (1979–present) | Minister of Foreign Relations (2023–2024) | Rector of the National University of Engineering (2021–present) | Member of Congress (2021–present) | Member of Congress (2011–2016) | Mayor of Lima (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Popular Force | Progresemos | Christian People’s Party | Now Nation | First The People – Community, Ecology, Liberty, and Progress | New Peru for Good Living | Popular Renewal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Expressed interest[11] | Announced[12] | Announced[13] | Announced[14] | Announced[15] | Expressed interest[16] | Expressed interest[17] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of La Libertad (2023–present)Member of Congress (2000–2006) | Radio journalist (2001–present) | Comedian (1983–present) | Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (2017–2018) | Minister of Health (2007–2008) | Prime Minister of Peru (2021) | Mayor of Lima (1990–1995) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance for Progress | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | Country for All | Modern Force | Peruvian Aprista Party | Conscience People | Works | |||||||||||||||||||
| Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Expressed interest | Announced[18] | Expressed interest | Announced | |||||||||||||||||||
See main article: Opinion polling for the 2026 Peruvian general election.