Electoral system of Peru

The Peruvian electoral system has as its mission the planning, organization and execution of elections in Peru, as well as keeping a civil registry.^[1] As defined by the Constitution it comprises the following institutions:^[2]

• National Jury of Elections (JNE): in charge of overseeing the legality of elections
• National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE): in charge of organizing elections
• National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC): in charge of maintaining a civil registry, as well as record of suffrage eligibility and registration

Elections are held through direct universal suffrage, voting is compulsory for citizens age eighteen through seventy.^[3] Members of the Armed Forces and the Police are entitled to vote, but can not be elected.^[4]