Peruvian general election, 2016

Peruvian general election, 2016

10 April 2016 (first round) 5 June 2016 (second round)

Nominee Keiko Fujimori Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Party Popular Force Peruvians for Change Popular vote 5,767,797 (first round) 3,054,281 (first round) Percentage 39.74 (first round) 21.04 (first round)

First round results by region.

President before election Ollanta Humala Peru Wins Elected President

General elections took place in Peru on 10 April 2016. Incumbent President Ollanta Humala is ineligible to run due to constitutional term limits.

In the race for the presidency, candidates Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski passed the electoral threshold for a second round, to be held on 5 June 2016.

Background

Incumbent President Ollanta Humala, who won the 2011 election, said that he would respect the constitutional term limit restrictions and would not seek to run again for the presidency in this election.

Electoral system

The President of Peru is elected using the two-round system. The first round was held on April 10 and the second round is scheduled on June 5. The 130 members of the Congress of the Republic are elected in 25 multi-member constituencies using closed list proportional representation.^[1]

Candidates

Campaign highlights

President Ollanta Humala officially inaugurated the campaign in November 2015. The presidential tickets were to be inscribed by late January 10, 2016. The congressional candidacies were to be inscribed by late February 10, 2016.

In March 2016, presidential candidates Julio Guzmán from All for Peru and César Acuña Peralta from Alliance for Progress were barred from the election. The first candidate was barred due to the violation of party rules in the internal election. The second candidate was barred for giving money during a campaign trail, which is a violation of the electoral law enacted by Congress in November 2015.

Main presidential candidates

in alphabetical order

Candidates included in this section have received more than 5% in approval ratings in recent national polls.[2]
Alfredo Barnechea	Keiko Fujimori	Alan García	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski	Verónika Mendoza
Member of Congress (1985-1990)	Member of Congress (2006-2011)	President of Peru (1985-1990 / 2006-2011)	Prime Minister of Peru (2005-2006)	Member of Congress (2011-2016)
Popular Action	Popular Force	Popular Alliance (APRA-PPC)	Peruvians for Change	Broad Front
4th Place (6.97%)	To second round, 39.85%	5th Place (5.82%)	To second round, 21.00%	3rd Place (18.82%)

• Alfredo Barnechea, candidate of the Popular Action party, Master in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. A journalist in the 1980s, he was elected Member of Congress for the Peruvian Aprista Party representing Lima. Following President Alan García's announcement of his intent to nationalize the banks, Barnechea resigned from APRA and was independent until his affiliation to Fernando Belaúnde's Popular Action. His running mates are Member of Congress Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde and former Member of Congress Edmundo del Águila.

• Keiko Fujimori, candidate of the Popular Force party. She is the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori. She served in Congress from 2006 to 2011, and made it to the run-off with Ollanta Humala in the 2011 election, losing by a small margin. Her running mates are former Minister of Agriculture José Chlimper, and former leader of Social Force, Vladimiro Huaroc.

• Alan García, candidate of the APRA-PPC coalition known as Popular Alliance. He was President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and then from 2006 to 2011. He placed second in the 2001 presidential election, losing in the runoff against Alejandro Toledo. He ran for a third time in the 2006 general election, making it to the run-off where he defeated Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala (who is the incumbent President in 2016). His running mates are leader of the Christian People's Party Lourdes Flores, and former Governor of the Apurímac Region David Salazar.

• Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, candidate of the Peruvians for Change party. He previously served in Alejandro Toledo's administration as Prime Minister (2005-2006) and Minister of Economy and Finance (2001-2002). He also served as Minister of Energy and Mines (1980-1982) in the second administration of Fernando Belaúnde. His running mates are former Governor of the Moquegua Region Martín Vizcarra, and former Minister of Economy and Finance Mercedes Aráoz.

• Verónika Mendoza, the candidate of the Broad Front coalition. She has served in Congress since 2011. Her running mates are former bishop Marco Arana, and the Dean of the School of Social Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Alan Fairlie.

Other candidates

The following have gained less than 5% in the last approval ratings, below the Election threshold or valla electoral.

• Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru (2001-2006) - Possible Peru
• Gregorio Santos, Governor of Cajamarca Region (2011-present) - Direct Democracy, with 4% of the popular votes.
• Antero Flores Aráoz, former Minister of Defense (2007-2009) - Order Party
• Miguel Hilario - Progressing Peru
• Fernando Olivera, former Minister of Justice (2001-2002) - Hope Front

Disqualified candidates

• Julio Guzmán, Secretary General of the Office of the Prime Minister of Peru (2012-2013) - All for Peru, disqualified for irregularities in the nomination process^[3]
• César Acuña Peralta, Governor of the La Libertad Region (2015) - Alliance for Progress (APP-RN-SP), disqualified for attempted vote buying^[3]

Voluntarily withdrawn

• Felipe Castillo, former District Mayor of Los Olivos (1996-2014) - Always Together
• Renzo Reggiardo, Member of Congress (2006-2016) - Peru Secure Nation
• Daniel Urresti, former Minister of the Interior (2014-2015) - Peruvian Nationalist Party^[4]
• Vladimir Cerrón, former Governor of the Junín Region (2011-2014) - Liberating Peru^[5]
• Yehude Simon, former Prime Minister of Peru (2008-2009) - Peruvian Humanist Party^[6]
• Francisco Diez Canseco, former Member of Congress (1985-1990) - Peru Nation^[7]
• Hernando Guerra García, former candidate for Congress, National Solidarity Party^[8]

Results

Presidential election

First round

The first round was held on April 10. Exit polls indicated that Keiko Fujimori placed first in the first round of voting with approximately 40% of the vote, with Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Veronika Mendoza each receiving approximately 20%.^[9]

Summary

Preliminary result (99.9% of ballots counted)^[10]

Peruvian presidential elections, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Popular Force	Keiko Fujimori	6,015,943	39.85	16.3
	Peruvians for Change	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski	3,170,208	21.00	1.5
	Broad Front	Verónika Mendoza	2,841,574	18.82
	Popular Action	Alfredo Barnechea	1,052,219	6.97
	Popular Alliance	Alan García	879,403	5.82
	Direct Democracy	Gregorio Santos	604,166	4.00
	Hope Front	Fernando Olivera	199,908	1.32
	Possible Peru	Alejandro Toledo	197,171	1.31
	Developing Peru	Miguel Hilario	74,807	0.50
	Order Party	Antero Flores Aráoz	64,293	0.43
Turnout			18,253,667	81.95

Congressional election

Preliminary result (81.4% of ballots counted)^[11]

Parties			Seats	Percentage of seats	Seat change	Popular vote	Percentage of vote	Swing
		Popular Force	73			3,287,990	35.67%	+12.71%
		Peruvians for Change	18			1,434,617	15.56%	+9.56%
		Broad Front	20			1,335,474	14.48%	New
		Alliance for the Progress of Peru	9			911,173	9.89%	+7.49%
		Popular Alliance	5			773,087	8.39%	-4.04%
		Popular Action	5			664,582	7.21%	+3.68%
		Direct Democracy	0			426,837	4.63%	New
		Possible Peru	0			219,113	2.38%	-8.92%
		Hope Front	0			101,033	1.10%	New
		Order Party	0			48,673	0.53%	New
		Developing Peru	0			12,689	0.14%	New
Total			130	100.00%		9,217,203	100.00%

^[11]

References

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7. "Francisco Diez-Canseco renunció a su candidatura presidencial". El Comercio (in Spanish). 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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