At stake in this election:

• 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique
• Head of Government: President Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique
• Assembly: Peru has a unicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) with 120 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) 120 members are elected by popular vote.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Possible Peru / Peru Posible (PP)
  • Leader: Alejandro TOLEDO
  • Seats won in this election: 41
  • Seats won in last election: 29
• Party: American Popular Revolutionary Alliance / Partido Aprista Peruano (APRA)
  • Leader: Jorge del CASTILLO
  • Seats won in this election: 29
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: National Unity / Unidad Nacional
  • Leader: Lourdes FLORES Nano
  • Seats won in this election: 15
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Independent Moralizing Front / Frente Independiente Moralizador (FIM)
  • Leader: Fernando OLIVERA
  • Seats won in this election: 12
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Union for Peru / Union por el Peru (UPP)
  • Leader: Henry PEASE Garca
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: We Are Peru / Somos Peru - Causa Democratica (SP)
  • Leader: Alberto ANDRADE
  • Seats won in this election: 4
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: Change '90 - New Majority / Cambio '90-Nueva Mayoria*
  • Leader: Pablo CORREA
  • Seats won in this election: 4
  • Seats won in last election: 52
• Party: Popular Action / Accion Popular (AP)
  • Leader: Fernando BELANDE TERRY
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Other parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

* This party participated in the last election as 'Peru 2000'

Last Legislative election:

• Legislative Elections were last held on April 9, 2000.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 26,261,363 (2001)
• Registered Voters: 14,906,233 (2001)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 13,137,632 (2001)

·         Is Peru a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (23 July 1981)

·         Has Peru ratified CEDAW: Yes (13 September 1982)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 22 (following the 2001 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 84 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Peru a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Peru ratified CRPD: Yes (30 January 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 3,887,231 (est.)