11 April 2021 (first round) 6 June 2021 (second round)
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Turnout
70.05% (first round) 74.57% (second round)
Nominee
Pedro Castillo
Keiko Fujimori
Party
Free Peru
Popular Force
Running mate
Dina Boluarte Vladimir Cerrón[a]
Luis Galarreta Patricia Juárez
Popular vote
8,836,380
8,792,117
Percentage
50.13%
49.87%
Results of the second round by region (left) and province (right). Darker shades indicate a higher vote share.
President before election
Francisco Sagasti
Purple Party
Elected President
Pedro Castillo
Free Peru
Congressional election
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All 130 seats in the Congress of Peru 66 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Free Peru
Vladimir Cerrón
13.41
37
+37
Popular Force
Keiko Fujimori
11.34
24
+9
Popular Renewal
Rafael López Aliaga
9.33
13
+13
Popular Action
Mesías Guevara
9.02
16
−9
APP
César Acuña
7.54
15
−7
Go on Country
Pedro Cenas
7.54
7
+7
Together for Peru
Roberto Sánchez
6.59
5
+5
We Are Peru
Patricia Li [es]
6.13
5
−6
Podemos Perú
José Luna
5.83
5
−6
Purple Party
Julio Guzmán
5.42
3
−6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the Congressional election
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General elections were held in Peru on 11 April 2021. The presidential election, which determined the president and the vice presidents, required a run-off between the two top candidates, which was held on 6 June. The congressional elections determined the composition of the Congress of Peru, with all 130 seats contested.
Pedro Castillo, a member of the left-wing Free Peru party, received the most votes in the first round. In the second round he faced Keiko Fujimori, the leader of the right-wing Popular Force who had previously lost the run-offs of the 2011 and the 2016 elections. Both candidates were surprise contenders; Fujimori had initially been discounted due to her preventive imprisonment for a year, while Castillo was a political newcomer who was previously unknown to the public.[1]
The official count of the second round by the National Office of Electoral Processes indicated that Castillo had won with 50.13% of the vote, a lead of 44,263 over Fujimori. However, the declaration of an official outcome certifying the result by the National Jury of Elections was delayed following accusations of electoral fraud by opposition politicians.[2][3][4][5] Castillo was ultimately named president-elect by the National Jury of Elections on 19 July,[6] and was inaugurated on 28 July.[7] The opposition gained control of Congress.[8][9]
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^Tegel, Simeon (18 June 2021). "Presumed President-elect Pedro Castillo faces challenges in Peru". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^Agurto, Ego (19 July 2021). "Pedro Castillo es proclamado presidente electo por el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones – Elecciones 2021". RPP (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^"Peru: Pedro Castillo sworn in as president". Deutsche Welle. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^Aquino, Marco (26 July 2021). "Peru opposition to lead Congress in setback for socialist Castillo". Reuters. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ • "Peru's Castillo will struggle to stay in office". Oxford Analytica. Emerald Expert Briefings. oxan–db (oxan–db). 11 August 2022. doi:10.1108/OXAN-DB272027. The far-right parties in Congress -- Renovacion Popular (Popular Renewal) and Avanza Pais (Forward Country)
<Vásquez, Jorge Rendón (10 April 2022). "Desmanes en las calles: la ultraderecha está jugando con la gasolina... y con el fuego". El Búho (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2023. The far right, personified in Congress by 43 representatives of the groups Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular and Avanza País and some of their center allies
"Así se movieron los votos en el Congreso para darle la ajustada confianza al gabinete de Aníbal Torres". LaMula (in Spanish). 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2023. Far-right: Fuerza Popular since then marked its line of voting against all the cabinets that Pedro Castillo names from now on. ... To these votes against were added those of Popular Renewal and Avanza País
"Perú: nuevo intento destituyente en contra de Pedro Castillo | El Congreso aprobó una moción para derrocarlo, la tercera en 16 meses". Pagina 12 (in Spanish). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023. tres partidos de derecha radical -Fuerza Popular, Renovación Popular y Avanza País
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