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. 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.
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 Go on Country – Social Integration Party and Álvaro Paz de la Barra of Faith in Peru announced their campaigns in early 2022. 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.
Regional elections DepartmentGovernorPolitical partyGovernor-electPolitical partyAmazonasOscar Altamirano QuispeFuerza AmazonenseÁncashHenry Borja CruzadoWe Are PeruApurímacBaltazar Lantarón NúñezLlankasun KuskaArequipaKimmerlee Gutiérrez CanahuireArequipa - Unidos por el Gran CambioAyacuchoCarlos Rua CarbajalMusuq ÑanCajamarcaMesías Guevara AmasifuénPopular ActionCallaoDante Mandriotti CastroPor Ti CallaoCuscoJean Paul BenaventePopular ActionHuancavelicaMaciste Díaz AbadTrabajando para TodosHuánucoJuan Alvarado CornelioPopular ActionIcaJavier Gallegos BarrientosObras por la ModernidadJunínFernando Orihuela RojasFree PeruLa LibertadManuel Llempén CoronelAlliance for ProgressLambayequeAnselmo Lozano CenturiónPodemos PerúLimaRicardo Chavarría OríaFuerza RegionalLoretoElisbán Ochoa SosaNational RestorationMadre de DiosLuis Hidalgo OkimuraAlliance for ProgressMoqueguaZenón Cuevas PareMoquegua EmprendedoraPascoPedro Ubaldo PolinarAlliance for ProgressPiuraServando García CorreaFuerza RegionalPunoGermán Alejo ApazaIntegración por el Desarrollo RegionalSan MartínPedro Bogarín VargasAcción RegionalTacnaJuan Tonconi QuispeAcción por la UnidadTumbesDante Ramírez ZárateFaenaUcayaliÁngel Gutiérrez RodríguezAlliance for Progress
Municipal elections
Provinces ProvincePopulationMayorPolitical partyMayor-electPolitical partyLima9,674,755Jorge Muñoz WellsPopular ActionArequipa1,175,765Omar Candia AguilarArequipa RenaceCallao1,129,854Pedro López BarriosPor Ti CallaoTrujillo1,118,724José Ruíz VegaAlliance for ProgressPiura894,847Juan Díaz DiosRegión para TodosChiclayo862,709Marcos Gasco ArrobasPodemos PerúHuancayo595,183Juan Quispe LedesmaFree PeruMaynas550,551Francisco Sanjurjo DávilaEsperanza Región AmazónicaCusco511,019Víctor Boluarte MedinaTawantinsuyoSanta474,053Roberto Briceño FrancoÁncash a la ObraCoronel Portillo447,733Segundo Pérez CollazosAlliance for ProgressIca445,752Emma Mejía VenegasObras por la ModernidadCajamarca388,170Víctor Villar NarroFrente Regional de CajamarcaTacna346,192Julio Medina CastroFrente Unitario PopularSan Román344,030Martín Ticona MaqueraIntegración por el Desarrollo RegionalSullana341,490Edwar Saldaña SánchezSeguridad y ProsperidadLambayeque340,835Alexander Rodríguez AlvaradoAlliance for ProgressHuamanga317,801Yuri Gutiérrez GutiérrezMusuq ÑanHuánuco315,799José Villavicencio GuardiaPopular ActionChincha262,110Armando Huamán TasaycoUnidos por la RegiónCañete250,420Segundo Díaz de la CruzAlliance for ProgressHuaura240,717Marcial Echegaray VirúConcertación para el DesarrolloSatipo239,105Iván Olivera MezaCaminemos Juntos por JunínPuno230,219Martín Ticona MaqueraIntegración por el Desarrollo RegionalSan Martín218,074Tedy del Águila GronerthPopular ActionJaén203,724Víctor Villar NarroFrente Regional de CajamarcaHuaral194,375Jaime Cirilo Uribe OchoaFuerza RegionalHuaraz185,276Eliseo Mautino ÁngelesAcción Nacionalista PeruanoTumbes171,356Carlos Silva MenaRenovación TumbesinaTambopata140,214Francisco Rengifo KhanFuerza por Madre de DiosMoyobamba133,631Gástelo Huamán ChinchayAcción RegionalPasco125,164Marco de la Cruz BustillosPasco DignidadHuancavelica121,265Rómulo Cayllahua PaytanTrabajando para TodosAbancay120,116Guido Chahuaylla MaldonadoLlankasun KuskaMariscal Nieto95,551Abraham Cárdenas RomeroUnión for PeruChachapoyas63,188Víctor Culqui PuertaSentimiento Amazonense Regional
Districts DistrictPopulationMayorPolitical partyMayor-electPolitical partySan Juan de Lurigancho1,177,629Álex Gonzáles CastilloPodemos PerúSan Martín de Porres744,050Julio Chávez ChiongPopular ActionAte670,818Edde Cuéllar AlegríaPopular ActionComas573,884Raúl Díaz PérezUnión for PeruVilla María del Triunfo437,992Eloy Chávez HernándezPeru Secure HomelandVilla El Salvador423,887Clodoaldo Ýñigo PeraltaPeru Secure HomelandSan Juan de Miraflores412,865Daniel Castro SeguraPopular ActionSantiago de Surco408,086Jean Combe PortocarreroWe Are PeruCarabayllo400,414Marcos Espinoza OrtizAlliance for ProgressPuente Piedra395,819Rennán Espinoza VenegasWe Are PeruVentanilla369,618Pedro Spadaro PhilippsFuerza ChalacaChorrillos355,978Augusto Miyashiro UshikuboNational SolidarityLos Olivos351,983Felipe Castillo AlfaroSiempre UnidosLurigancho-Chosica283,231Víctor Castillo SánchezAlliance for ProgressCerro Colorado229,142Benigno Cornejo ValenciaArequipa AvancemosEl Porvenir229,115Segundo Rebaza BenitesAlliance for ProgressLa Esperanza224,427Herguein Namay ValderramaAlliance for ProgressIndependencia222,850José Pando FernándezSiempre UnidosEl Agustino221,974Víctor Salcedo RíosAlliance for ProgressSanta Anita221,776José Luis NoleChristian People's PartyLa Victoria188,619Luis Gutiérrez SalvatierraWe Are PeruVeintiséis de Octubre187,787Darwin García MarchenaRegión para TodosCastilla183,759José Aguilar SilvaRegión para TodosRímac180,260Pedro Rosario TuerosPopular ActionNuevo Chimbote180,252Caldas Crecencio DomingoÁncash a la ObraEl Tambo175,725Carlo Curisinche EusebioFree PeruSan Miguel173,309Juan Guevara BonillaSan Miguel Me GustaJosé Leonardo Ortiz165,355Wilder Guevara DíazPodemos PerúLa Molina160,244Álvaro Paz de la BarraPopular ActionSan Juan Bautista152,555José Arévalo PinedoNational RestorationPachacámac142,133Guillermo Pomez CanoWe Are PeruSan Sebastián134,182Mario Loaiza MorianoWe Are PeruPaucarpata134,099José Supo CondoriAlliance for ProgressCoronel Gregorio Albarracín Lanchipa133,338Freddy Huashualdo HuanacuniAll for PeruSan Borja127,102Alberto Tejada NoriegaPopular ActionTambo Grande124,028Alfredo Rengifo NavarreteNational SolidarityYarinacocha118,666Bertha Barbarán BustosAlliance for ProgressLurín109,506Francisco Julca MideyrosWe Are PeruMiraflores108,855Luis Molina ArlesNational SolidarityManantay107,364Víctor López RíosAlliance for ProgressSantiago103,817Fermín García FuentesTawantinsuyoCayma103,140Jaime Chávez FloresJuntos por el Desarrollo de ArequipaSurquillo100,339Giancarlo Casassa SánchezChristian People's PartyChilca100,252Luis de la Cruz SullcaFree PeruLa Victoria99,183Raúl Olivera MoralesPodemos PerúPueblo Libre94,010Stephen Haas Del CarpioPopular ActionBreña93,111José Li BravoPopular ActionPunchana88,908Jane Donayre ChávezEsperanza Región AmazónicaAmarilis88,635Antonio Pulgar LucasUnidos por HuánucoAlto Selva Alegre88,537Samuel Tarqui MamaniArequipa AvancemosHuanchaco87,192Estay García CastilloPopular ForceIndependencia87,112Fidencio Sánchez CaururoSiempre UnidosAncón82,677Pedro Barrera BernuiWe Are PeruJosé Luis Bustamante y Rivero82,642Paul Rondón AndradeArequipa RenaceJesús María81,743Jorge Quintana GarcíaPopular ActionCatacaos80,950José Muñoz VeraRegión para TodosBellavista80,704Daniel Malpartida FilioPor Ti CallaoVíctor Larco Herrera78,304César Juárez CastilloAlliance for ProgressPueblo Nuevo73,510Bertha Peña OrmeñoGo on Country – Social Integration PartyMajes70,780Renee Cáceres FallaArequipa - Unidos por el Gran CambioSan Jerónimo70,453Albert Arenas YábarFuerza Inka AmazónicaSan Isidro67,703Augusto Cáceres ViñasPopular ActionPangoa65,356Celso León LlallicoCaminemos Juntos por JunínMagdalena del Mar65,139Carlomagno Chacón GómezPopular ActionLa Perla64,454Aníbal Jara AguirrePor Ti CallaoMariano Melgar64,442Percy Cornejo BarragánArequipa AvancemosMiraflores63,632Luis Aguirre ChávezPeruvian Aprista PartyWanchaq61,364William Peña FarfánTawantinsuyoChancay60,774Domitila Dulanto de BaltaConcertación para el DesarrolloPerené60,225Hermenegildo Navarro CastroSierra y Selva Contigo JunínParcona60,173José Choque GutiérrezGo on Country – Social Integration PartyLince59,578Vicente Amable EscalantePopular ActionMórrope56,131Nery Castillo SantamaríaPeruvian Aprista PartySan Luis55,793David Rojas MazaPopular ActionOlmos55,691Adrián Arroyo SoplopucoPodemos PerúSan Juan Bautista53,934María Palomino PradoMusuq ÑanLos Baños del Inca53,298Edilberto Aguilar FloresWe Are PeruPimentel52,505José Palacios PingloPodemos PerúMi Perú52,384Elisa Vega VegaPor Ti CallaoJacobo Hunter51,848Walter Aguilar VidalAlliance for ProgressPillco Marca51,354Lidgardo Vara EstradaAlliance for ProgressLa Banda de Shilcayo49,359José del Águila GarcíaPopular ActionNueva Cajamarca46,862Segundo Vásquez TanNueva AmazoníaCarmen de La Legua-Reynoso46,409Carlos Cox PalominoPor Ti CallaoLa Tinguiña46,164Juan Roque HernándezObras por la Modernidad
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