The 2026 Lima municipal election was on 4 October 2026, alongside regional and municipal elections throughout Peru, following their convening by President José Jerí on 7 January 2026. Voters in Lima Province will elect the Metropolitan Mayor of Lima and all 39 members of the Metropolitan Council for the 2027–2030 term, choosing between closed party lists of 40 candidates each (one mayoral candidate and 39 council candidates).
Incumbent mayor Renzo Reggiardo took office on 13 October 2025, succeeding Rafael López Aliaga, who resigned to seek the presidency. Reggiardo's term ends on 31 December 2026; he has ruled out seeking a further term, and Peruvian law in any case bars immediate mayoral re-election.
Background The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima governs Lima Province, which is not part of any of Peru's 25 regions and is administered separately. Its mayor and 39 councillors () serve concurrent four-year terms and are elected on a single closed and blocked list; seats are allocated to the winning list under a majority bonus rule, with remaining seats distributed among the other lists by the D'Hondt method.
Rafael López Aliaga, who had governed Lima since 1 January 2023, resigned the mayoralty on 13 October 2025 to pursue a presidential bid in the 2026 Peruvian general election; he was succeeded by his lieutenant mayor, Renzo Reggiardo.
In August 2026, Popular Renewal's registered mayoral candidate, Luis Rubio, withdrew his candidacy, leaving the party without a formal mayoral nominee; López Aliaga, listed as the party's first council candidate, became its de facto standard-bearer for the mayoralty. Perú Libre is contesting the mayoralty in a similar position, headed on its list by Yuri Castro Romero as first council candidate rather than a formal mayoral nominee.
Candidates As of September 2026, 24 political organizations have registered mayoral candidates, with two additional parties (Popular Renewal and Free Peru) contesting without a formal mayoral nominee, as noted above.
PartyLogoMayoral nomineeLieutenant nomineePopular ActionLeader: Julio Chavez ChiongAhora NaciónLeader: Alfonso López ChauVenceremosLeader: Ronald AtencioAlliance for ProgressLeader: César Acuña PeraltaGo on Country - Social Integration PartyLeader: Aldo Borrero RojasBattle PeruLeader: Zósimo Cárdenas MujeGreen Land Transformative CoalitionLeader: Javier Arce AlvaradoAgricultural People's Front of PeruLeader: Jonás Ataucusi MolinaCitizen ForceLeader: Milagros Tuesta MuñozPopular ForceLeader: Keiko FujimoriTogether for PeruLeader: Roberto SánchezPeruvian Aprista PartyLeader: César TrellesCivic Party OBRASLeader: Ricardo BelmontParty of Good GovernmentLeader: Jorge NietoDemocratic Green PartyLeader: Álex GonzalesWe Are PeruLeader: Patricia Li SoteloFront of Hope 2021Leader: Fernando OliveraPurple PartyLeader: Luis Durán RojoPurple PartyLeader: Herbert Caller GutiérrezFree PeruLeader: Vladimir CerrónConscience PeopleLeader: Guido BellidoChristian People's PartyLeader: Carlos Neuhaus TudelaWe Can PeruLeader: José LunaProgresemosLeader: Paul Jaimes BlancoPopular Renewal PeruLeader: Rafael López AliagaVision PeruLeader: Mauricio Rabanal Torres
Opinion polling An Ipsos poll conducted 5–6 August 2026 (n=502) showed Rafael López Aliaga leading voting intention at 21%, followed by Carlos Bruce (Somos Perú) at 13%, Francis Allison (Avanza País) at 9%, and Daniel Urresti (Podemos Perú) at 7%, with 21% undecided.
A follow-up Ipsos/Perú21 poll conducted 11–14 September 2026 (n=1,200) found that, in the event a party without a registered mayoral candidate wins, 54% of respondents believed its second council candidate should become mayor, while 38% believed the first council candidate (i.e. López Aliaga, for Renovación Popular) should assume the office; separately, 53% said López Aliaga specifically should not become mayor under this scenario, against 40% who supported it.
Voting simulations Pollster/ClientDateSamplesizeOtherBlank/NoneRP-PerúSPAvPPPFPANAPAPPJPFREPAPPBGOBRASPLFE2021APRAIpsos Perú/Perú2124–25 Sep 202678030.015.615.18.76.73.43.12.42.3–2.63.0–––7.1Ipsos Perú/Perú2126.113.513.17.65.93.02.72.12.0–2.22.6–––6.213Datum Internacional/El Comercio23–25 Sep 202660029.617.213.07.16.32.74.04.43.80.41.72.10.21.50.65.7Datum Internacional/El Comercio25.815.011.36.25.52.33.53.83.30.31.51.80.21.30.55.012.7CPI/RPP20–25 Sep 2026442631.017.411.98.65.54.12.94.31.91.21.82.2––1.35.9CPI/RPP27.215.210.47.54.83.62.63.71.71.11.61.9––1.15.212.3Datum Internacional/El Comercio15–17 Sep 202660028.418.211.35.87.13.63.64.83.62.1–––––11.5Datum Internacional/El Comercio24.715.89.85.06.23.23.24.23.21.81.71.51.21.00.83.513.2
Results
See also 2026 Peruvian regional and municipal elections 2022 Lima municipal election Metropolitan Municipality of Lima
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