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 Alan GARCIA Pérez
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Rosario Del Pilar FERNANDEZ Figueroa
• 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 absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) 120 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Alliance: National Solidarity Alliance / Alianza Solidaridad Nacional (ASN)*
  • Leader: Luis CASTANEDA
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Peruvian Aprista Party / Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP)**
  • Leader: Alan GARCIA Perez
  • Seats won in last election: 36
• Alliance: Alliance for the Great Change / Alianza por el Gran Cambio (AGC)***
  • Leader: Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Alliance: Force 2011 / Fuerza 2011
  • Leader: Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Alliance: Electoral Alliance Possible Peru / Alianza Electoral Perú Posible*****
  • Leader: Alejandro TOLEDO
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Alliance: Peru Wins / Gana Perú******
  • Leader: Ollanta HUMALA
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

* Alliance consisting of the National Solidarity Party, Change 90, Union for Peru, and Always Together.
** The PAP is also known by its original name the American Revolutionary Peoples Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana - APRA).
*** Alliance consisting of the Christian People's Party, Alliance for Progress, Humanist Party, and National Restoration.
***** Electoral coalition consisting of the Possible Peru, Popular Action, and We Are Peru parties.
****** Electoral alliance of the Peruvian Nationalist Party and the Socialist Party.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 29,759,891 (2011)
• Registered Voters: 19,949,915 (2011)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 14,891,699 (2011)

·         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: 28 (following the 2011 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: 4,463,983 (est.)