2021 Peruvian general election

General elections were held in Peru with the first round on 11 April 2021 and a run-off on 6 June 2021. The presidential election determined the President and the Vice Presidents. On 11 June, 100% of the votes were processed and counted, with Castillo defeating Fujimori by a near 60,000 vote margin.^[2][3]

2021 Peruvian general election

Presidential election
← 2016 11 April 2021 (first round) 6 June 2021 (second round) 2024 →
Turnout	70.1% (1st round)[1] 11.7% 74.6% (2nd round)[2] 5.2%
Reporting	100.00% as of 11 June, 08:50 PET
Nominee Pedro Castillo Keiko Fujimori Party Free Peru Popular Force Running mate Dina Boluarte Luis Galarreta Patricia Juárez Popular vote 8,817,280 8,756,882 Percentage 50.17% 49.83%
Candidate that received the most votes by first round results by department (left) and province (right)
President before election Francisco Sagasti Purple Party Elected President Pedro Castillo Free Peru
Congressional election
← 2020 11 April 2021 2026 →
All 130 seats in the Congress of Peru 66 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Free Peru Vladimir Cerrón 13.41 37 Popular Force Keiko Fujimori 11.34 24 Popular Renewal Rafael López Aliaga 9.33 13 Popular Action Mesias Guevara 9.02 16 APP César Acuña 7.54 15 Go on Country Pedro Cenas 7.54 7 Together for Peru Roberto Sánchez 6.59 5 We Are Peru Patricia Li 6.13 5 Podemos Perú José Luna 5.83 5 Purple Party Julio Guzmán 5.42 3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Background

Eighteen candidates participated in the presidential election, the highest number of candidates since the 2006 Peruvian general election.^[4] Pedro Castillo, a member of the left-wing Free Peru party, received the most votes in the first round. He will face Keiko Fujimori, the leader of the right-wing Popular Force, who had narrowly lost the run-offs of the 2011 and the 2016 elections.

If Fujimori were to win, she would be Peru's first female president, the second of East Asian descent, after her father, Alberto Fujimori and the continuation of the Conservative wave election victories in South America.^[5]

Date

Then-President Martín Vizcarra originally supported legislation that would set the terms for a snap election in 2020. If successful, Vizcarra would not have been eligible for re-election.^[6][7] The 2020 proposed Peruvian general election would have been held on 11 April 2020, to elect a new President of the Republic of Peru, along with 130 congressmen of the Congress of Peru.^[8] It was eventually decided to be held on 26 January 2020.^[8] Opposition lawmakers condemned Vizcarra's proposal, defending the practice of five year terms.^[9] This constitutional reform was rejected.^[8]

San Miguel del Ene attack

Main article: San Miguel del Ene attack

On 23 May, just two weeks before the election run-off, 18 people were killed by a militant communist group as protest against the election and Fujimori's candidacy.^[10]

Candidates

The candidates below are listed based on their performance from the first and second round of the election:

• 
  Teacher
  Pedro Castillo
  (Free Peru)
• 
  Former Congresswoman
  Keiko Fujimori
  (Popular Force)
• 
  Former Councilman
  Rafael López Aliaga
  (Popular Renewal)
• 
  Economist
  Hernando de Soto Polar
  (Go on Country)
• 
  Former Congressman
  Yonhy Lescano
  (Popular Action)
• 
  Former Congresswoman
  Verónika Mendoza
  (Together for Peru)
• 
  Former Mayor
  George Forsyth
  (National Victory)
• 
  Congressman
  Daniel Urresti
  (Podemos Perú)
• 
  Former Secretary-General
  Julio Guzmán
  (Purple Party)
• 
  Former Congressman
  Alberto Beingolea
  (Christian People's Party)
• 
  Former Congress President
  Daniel Salaverry
  (We Are Peru)
• 
  Former President
  Ollanta Humala
  (Peruvian Nationalist Party)
• 
  Congressman
  José Vega
  (Union for Peru)
• 
  Lawyer
  Ciro Gálvez
  (National United Renaissance)
• 
  Former Congressman
  Marco Arana
  (Broad Front)
• 
  Mayor
  Rafael Santos
  (Secure Homeland)
• 
  Labor Unionist
  Andrés Alcántara Paredes
  (Direct Democracy)
• 
  Withdrew:
  Former Congresswoman
  Nidia Vílchez
  (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance)

Results

First round election results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Pedro Castillo	Free Peru	2,724,752	18.92	8,817,280	50.17
	Keiko Fujimori	Popular Force	1,930,762	13.41	8,756,882	49.83
	Rafael López Aliaga	Popular Renewal	1,692,279	11.75
	Hernando de Soto	Go on Country – Social Integration Party	1,674,201	11.63
	Yonhy Lescano	Popular Action	1,306,288	9.07
	Verónika Mendoza	Together for Peru	1,132,577	7.86
	César Acuña	Alliance for Progress	867,025	6.02
	George Forsyth	National Victory	814,516	5.66
	Daniel Urresti	Podemos Perú	812,721	5.64
	Julio Guzmán	Purple Party	325,608	2.26
	Alberto Beingolea	Christian People's Party	286,447	1.99
	Daniel Salaverry	We Are Peru	240,234	1.67
	Ollanta Humala	Peruvian Nationalist Party	230,831	1.60
	José Vega	Union for Peru	101,267	0.70
	Ciro Gálvez	National United Renaissance	89,376	0.62
	Marco Arana	Broad Front	65,300	0.45
	Rafael Santos	Peru Secure Homeland	55,644	0.39
	Andrés Alcántara	Direct Democracy	50,802	0.35
Total			14,400,630	100.00	17,574,162	100.00
Valid votes			14,400,630	81.30	17,574,162	93.52
Invalid/blank votes			3,313,086	18.70	1,216,913	6.48
Total votes			17,713,716	100.00	18,791,075	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			25,287,954	70.05	25,176,050	74.64
Source: ONPE, ONPE