2022 Peruvian regional and municipal elections explained

Election Name:2022 Peruvian regional and municipal elections
Country:Peru
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:Popular
Ongoing:77.30
Previous Election:2018 Peruvian regional and municipal elections
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Peruvian regional and municipal elections
Next Year:2026
Seats For Election:25 regional governments
196 provincial municipalities
1694 district municipalities
Registered:24,760,062
Turnout:77.30%
1Blank:Gov.
2Blank:Gov. +/–
3Blank:Prov.
4Blank:Prov. +/–
5Blank:Dist.
6Blank:Dist. +/–
Party1:We Are Peru
Colour1:20488E
Last Election1:9 prov., 4.77%
Popular Vote1:2,263,635
Percentage1:13.76%
1Data1:7
2Data1: 6
3Data1:28
4Data1: 19
5Data1:171
6Data1: 82
Swing1: 8.99%
Party2:Popular Renewal
Colour2:00BFFF
Last Election2:0 prov., 1.31%
Popular Vote2:1,664,005
Percentage2:10.11%
1Data2:0
2Data2: 0
3Data2:2
4Data2: 2
5Data2:36
6Data2: 28
Swing2: 8.80%
Party3:Podemos Perú
Colour3:F5AD1A
Last Election3:1 prov., 8.54%
Popular Vote3:1,600,688
Percentage3:9.73%
1Data3:0
2Data3: 1
3Data3:3
4Data3: 2
5Data3:42
6Data3: 20
Swing3: 1.19%
Party4:Alliance for Progress
Colour4:1155CC
Last Election4:26 prov., 9.61%
Popular Vote4:1,557,758
Percentage4:9.47%
1Data4:2
2Data4: 2
3Data4:17
4Data4: 9
5Data4:167
6Data4: 66
Swing4: 0.14%
Party5:Front of Hope 2021
Colour5:67BD50
Last Election5:New
Popular Vote5:950,011
Percentage5:5.77%
1Data5:1
2Data5:New
3Data5:4
4Data5:New
5Data5:35
6Data5:New
Swing5:New
Party6:Advance Country
Colour6:FF1493
Last Election6:4 prov., 1.57%
Popular Vote6:711,857
Percentage6:4.33%
1Data6:1
2Data6: 1
3Data6:10
4Data6: 6
5Data6:74
6Data6: 56
Swing6: 2.76%
Party7:Together for Peru
Colour7:00FF00
Last Election7:0 prov., 1.04%
Popular Vote7:670,930
Percentage7:4.08%
1Data7:0
2Data7: 0
3Data7:4
4Data7: 4
5Data7:38
6Data7: 28
Swing7: 3.04%
Party8:Free Peru
Colour8:E80000
Last Election8:New
Popular Vote8:412,066
Percentage8:2.50%
1Data8:0
2Data8:New
3Data8:3
4Data8:New
5Data8:73
6Data8:New
Swing8:New
Party9:Independents
Colour9:D3D3D3
Last Election9:112 prov., 31.02%
Popular Vote9:6,064,140
Percentage9:36.86%
1Data9:14
2Data9: 1
3Data9:122
4Data9: 10
5Data9:982
6Data9: 97
Swing9: 5.84%

Municipal and regional elections in Peru were held on Sunday, 2 October 2022, electing authorities for the period 2023–2026. Since 2018, municipal and regional officials cannot serve consecutive terms.

Electoral system

Regional

Regional governments are constituted as the administrative and governing body of the departments of Peru. They are composed of the regional governor, the regional lieutenant governor and the Regional Council.

Voting is based on universal suffrage, which includes all national citizens over the age of eighteen, registered and resident in each department and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as non-national citizens residing and registered in the department.

The governor and regional lieutenant governor are elected by direct suffrage. For a candidate to be proclaimed the winner, they must obtain no less than 30% of valid votes. In case no candidate achieves that percentage in the first round of elections, the two most voted candidates participate in a second round or ballot.[1] There is no immediate reelection of regional governors.

Municipal

Provincial and district municipalities constitute the administrative and governing body of the provinces and districts of Peru. They are composed of the mayor and the municipal council (provincial and district).

Voting is based on universal suffrage, which includes all national citizens over the age of eighteen, registered and resident in the province or district and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as non-national citizens residing and registered in the province or district. There is no immediate reelection of mayors.[2]

The municipal councils are composed of between 5 and 15 councilors (except that of the province of Lima, composed of 39 councilors) elected by direct suffrage for a period of four (4) years, in conjunction with the election of the mayor (who presides over the council). Voting is by closed and blocked list. The winning list is assigned the seats according to the d'Hondt method or half plus one, whichever favors it the most.

Campaigning

For the mayoral elections in Lima, Rafael López Aliaga of Popular Renewal, Luis Molina of Advance Country and Álvaro Paz de la Barra of Faith in Peru announced their campaigns in early 2022.[3] López Aliaga said that if elected, he would resign from office to run in the 2026 presidential elections, choosing Renzo Reggiardo as a successor to his potential mayoral term.[4]

Regional elections

DepartmentGovernorPolitical partyGovernor-electPolitical party
AmazonasOscar Altamirano QuispeFuerza Amazonense
ÁncashHenry Borja CruzadoWe Are Peru
ApurímacBaltazar Lantarón NúñezLlankasun Kuska
ArequipaKimmerlee Gutiérrez CanahuireArequipa - Unidos por el Gran Cambio
AyacuchoCarlos Rua CarbajalMusuq Ñan
CajamarcaMesías Guevara AmasifuénPopular Action
CallaoDante Mandriotti CastroPor Ti Callao
CuscoJean Paul BenaventePopular Action
HuancavelicaMaciste Díaz AbadTrabajando para Todos
HuánucoJuan Alvarado CornelioPopular Action
IcaJavier Gallegos BarrientosObras por la Modernidad
JunínFernando Orihuela RojasFree Peru
La LibertadManuel Llempén CoronelAlliance for Progress
LambayequeAnselmo Lozano CenturiónPodemos Perú
LimaRicardo Chavarría OríaFuerza Regional
LoretoElisbán Ochoa SosaNational Restoration
Madre de DiosLuis Hidalgo OkimuraAlliance for Progress
MoqueguaZenón Cuevas PareMoquegua Emprendedora
PascoPedro Ubaldo PolinarAlliance for Progress
PiuraServando García CorreaFuerza Regional
PunoGermán Alejo ApazaIntegración por el Desarrollo Regional
San MartínPedro Bogarín VargasAcción Regional
TacnaJuan Tonconi QuispeAcción por la Unidad
TumbesDante Ramírez ZárateFaena
UcayaliÁngel Gutiérrez RodríguezAlliance for Progress

Municipal elections

Provinces

ProvincePopulationMayorPolitical partyMayor-electPolitical party
Lima9,674,755Jorge Muñoz WellsPopular Action
Arequipa1,175,765Omar Candia AguilarArequipa Renace
Callao1,129,854Pedro López BarriosPor Ti Callao
Trujillo1,118,724José Ruíz VegaAlliance for Progress
Piura894,847Juan Díaz DiosRegión para Todos
Chiclayo862,709Marcos Gasco ArrobasPodemos Perú
Huancayo595,183Juan Quispe LedesmaFree Peru
Maynas550,551Francisco Sanjurjo DávilaEsperanza Región Amazónica
Cusco511,019Víctor Boluarte MedinaTawantinsuyo
Santa474,053Roberto Briceño FrancoÁncash a la Obra
Coronel Portillo447,733Segundo Pérez CollazosAlliance for Progress
Ica445,752Emma Mejía VenegasObras por la Modernidad
Cajamarca388,170Víctor Villar NarroFrente Regional de Cajamarca
Tacna346,192Julio Medina CastroFrente Unitario Popular
San Román344,030Martín Ticona MaqueraIntegración por el Desarrollo Regional
Sullana341,490Edwar Saldaña SánchezSeguridad y Prosperidad
Lambayeque340,835Alexander Rodríguez AlvaradoAlliance for Progress
Huamanga317,801Yuri Gutiérrez GutiérrezMusuq Ñan
Huánuco315,799José Villavicencio GuardiaPopular Action
Chincha262,110Armando Huamán TasaycoUnidos por la Región
Cañete250,420Segundo Díaz de la CruzAlliance for Progress
Huaura240,717Marcial Echegaray VirúConcertación para el Desarrollo
Satipo239,105Iván Olivera MezaCaminemos Juntos por Junín
Puno230,219Martín Ticona MaqueraIntegración por el Desarrollo Regional
San Martín218,074Tedy del Águila GronerthPopular Action
Jaén203,724Víctor Villar NarroFrente Regional de Cajamarca
Huaral194,375Jaime Cirilo Uribe OchoaFuerza Regional
Huaraz185,276Eliseo Mautino ÁngelesAcción Nacionalista Peruano
Tumbes171,356Carlos Silva MenaRenovación Tumbesina
Tambopata140,214Francisco Rengifo KhanFuerza por Madre de Dios
Moyobamba133,631Gástelo Huamán ChinchayAcción Regional
Pasco125,164Marco de la Cruz BustillosPasco Dignidad
Huancavelica121,265Rómulo Cayllahua PaytanTrabajando para Todos
Abancay120,116Guido Chahuaylla MaldonadoLlankasun Kuska
Mariscal Nieto95,551Abraham Cárdenas RomeroUnión for Peru
Chachapoyas63,188Víctor Culqui PuertaSentimiento Amazonense Regional

Districts

DistrictPopulationMayorPolitical partyMayor-electPolitical party
San Juan de Lurigancho1,177,629Álex Gonzáles CastilloPodemos Perú
San Martín de Porres744,050Julio Chávez ChiongPopular Action
Ate670,818Edde Cuéllar AlegríaPopular Action
Comas573,884Raúl Díaz PérezUnión for Peru
Villa María del Triunfo437,992Eloy Chávez HernándezPeru Secure Homeland
Villa El Salvador423,887Clodoaldo Ýñigo PeraltaPeru Secure Homeland
San Juan de Miraflores412,865Daniel Castro SeguraPopular Action
Santiago de Surco408,086Jean Combe PortocarreroWe Are Peru
Carabayllo400,414Marcos Espinoza OrtizAlliance for Progress
Puente Piedra395,819Rennán Espinoza VenegasWe Are Peru
Ventanilla369,618Pedro Spadaro PhilippsFuerza Chalaca
Chorrillos355,978Augusto Miyashiro UshikuboNational Solidarity
Los Olivos351,983Felipe Castillo AlfaroSiempre Unidos
Lurigancho-Chosica283,231Víctor Castillo SánchezAlliance for Progress
Cerro Colorado229,142Benigno Cornejo ValenciaArequipa Avancemos
El Porvenir229,115Segundo Rebaza BenitesAlliance for Progress
La Esperanza224,427Herguein Namay ValderramaAlliance for Progress
Independencia222,850José Pando FernándezSiempre Unidos
El Agustino221,974Víctor Salcedo RíosAlliance for Progress
Santa Anita221,776José Luis NoleChristian People's Party
La Victoria188,619Luis Gutiérrez SalvatierraWe Are Peru
Veintiséis de Octubre187,787Darwin García MarchenaRegión para Todos
Castilla183,759José Aguilar SilvaRegión para Todos
Rímac180,260Pedro Rosario TuerosPopular Action
Nuevo Chimbote180,252Caldas Crecencio DomingoÁncash a la Obra
El Tambo175,725Carlo Curisinche EusebioFree Peru
San Miguel173,309Juan Guevara BonillaSan Miguel Me Gusta
José Leonardo Ortiz165,355Wilder Guevara DíazPodemos Perú
La Molina160,244Álvaro Paz de la BarraPopular Action
San Juan Bautista152,555José Arévalo PinedoNational Restoration
Pachacámac142,133Guillermo Pomez CanoWe Are Peru
San Sebastián134,182Mario Loaiza MorianoWe Are Peru
Paucarpata134,099José Supo CondoriAlliance for Progress
Coronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa133,338Freddy Huashualdo HuanacuniAll for Peru
San Borja127,102Alberto Tejada NoriegaPopular Action
Tambo Grande124,028Alfredo Rengifo NavarreteNational Solidarity
Yarinacocha118,666Bertha Barbarán BustosAlliance for Progress
Lurín109,506Francisco Julca MideyrosWe Are Peru
Miraflores108,855Luis Molina ArlesNational Solidarity
Manantay107,364Víctor López RíosAlliance for Progress
Santiago103,817Fermín García FuentesTawantinsuyo
Cayma103,140Jaime Chávez FloresJuntos por el Desarrollo de Arequipa
Surquillo100,339Giancarlo Casassa SánchezChristian People's Party
Chilca100,252Luis de la Cruz SullcaFree Peru
La Victoria99,183Raúl Olivera MoralesPodemos Perú
Pueblo Libre94,010Stephen Haas Del CarpioPopular Action
Breña93,111José Li BravoPopular Action
Punchana88,908Jane Donayre ChávezEsperanza Región Amazónica
Amarilis88,635Antonio Pulgar LucasUnidos por Huánuco
Alto Selva Alegre88,537Samuel Tarqui MamaniArequipa Avancemos
Huanchaco87,192Estay García CastilloPopular Force
Independencia87,112Fidencio Sánchez CaururoSiempre Unidos
Ancón82,677Pedro Barrera BernuiWe Are Peru
José Luis Bustamante y Rivero82,642Paul Rondón AndradeArequipa Renace
Jesús María81,743Jorge Quintana GarcíaPopular Action
Catacaos80,950José Muñoz VeraRegión para Todos
Bellavista80,704Daniel Malpartida FilioPor Ti Callao
Víctor Larco Herrera78,304César Juárez CastilloAlliance for Progress
Pueblo Nuevo73,510Bertha Peña OrmeñoAdvance Country
Majes70,780Renee Cáceres FallaArequipa - Unidos por el Gran Cambio
San Jerónimo70,453Albert Arenas YábarFuerza Inka Amazónica
San Isidro67,703Augusto Cáceres ViñasPopular Action
Pangoa65,356Celso León LlallicoCaminemos Juntos por Junín
Magdalena del Mar65,139Carlomagno Chacón GómezPopular Action
La Perla64,454Aníbal Jara AguirrePor Ti Callao
Mariano Melgar64,442Percy Cornejo BarragánArequipa Avancemos
Miraflores63,632Luis Aguirre ChávezPeruvian Aprista Party
Wanchaq61,364William Peña FarfánTawantinsuyo
Chancay60,774Domitila Dulanto de BaltaConcertación para el Desarrollo
Perené60,225Hermenegildo Navarro CastroSierra y Selva Contigo Junín
Parcona60,173José Choque GutiérrezAdvance Country
Lince59,578Vicente Amable EscalantePopular Action
Mórrope56,131Nery Castillo SantamaríaPeruvian Aprista Party
San Luis55,793David Rojas MazaPopular Action
Olmos55,691Adrián Arroyo SoplopucoPodemos Perú
San Juan Bautista53,934María Palomino PradoMusuq Ñan
Los Baños del Inca53,298Edilberto Aguilar FloresWe Are Peru
Pimentel52,505José Palacios PingloPodemos Perú
Mi Perú52,384Elisa Vega VegaPor Ti Callao
Jacobo Hunter51,848Walter Aguilar VidalAlliance for Progress
Pillco Marca51,354Lidgardo Vara EstradaAlliance for Progress
La Banda de Shilcayo49,359José del Águila GarcíaPopular Action
Nueva Cajamarca46,862Segundo Vásquez TanNueva Amazonía
Carmen de La Legua-Reynoso46,409Carlos Cox PalominoPor Ti Callao
La Tinguiña46,164Juan Roque HernándezObras por la Modernidad

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-12-12. Segunda vuelta de las Elecciones 2018: mira aquí los resultados de la ONPE PERU. live. 2022-01-05. El Comercio. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518003142/https://elcomercio.pe/peru/segunda-vuelta-elecciones-2018-regionales-onpe-resultados-referendum-2018-mira-resultados-noticia-585907-noticia/ . 2021-05-18 .
  2. Web site: 2018-10-06. Tribunal Constitucional ratifica prohibición de reelección para alcaldes PERU. live. 2022-01-05. Gestión. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20211126215943/https://gestion.pe/peru/politica/tribunal-constitucional-ratifica-prohibicion-reeleccion-alcaldes-nndc-246359-noticia/ . 2021-11-26 .
  3. Web site: 2022-01-04. Elecciones Municipales 2022: los candidatos en campaña y lo que sabemos de los voceados para tentar la alcaldía de Lima. live. 2022-01-05. RPP. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20220104141540/https://rpp.pe/politica/elecciones/elecciones-municipales-2022-los-candidatos-en-campana-y-lo-que-sabemos-de-los-voceados-para-tentar-la-alcaldia-de-lima-noticia-1378576 . 2022-01-04 .
  4. Web site: 2022-01-04. Elecciones Municipales 2022: los candidatos en campaña y lo que sabemos de los voceados para tentar la alcaldía de Lima. live. 2022-01-05. RPP. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20220104141540/https://rpp.pe/politica/elecciones/elecciones-municipales-2022-los-candidatos-en-campana-y-lo-que-sabemos-de-los-voceados-para-tentar-la-alcaldia-de-lima-noticia-1378576 . 2022-01-04 .