# 2022 Lima municipal election

The 2022 Lima municipal election were held on 2 October 2022, following the convening of regional and municipal elections throughout Peru. Lima residents voted on a list of 40 candidates to replace incumbent Miguel Romero Sotelo whose term ended on 31 December 2022, alongside 39 metropolitan councilpeople. Rafael López Aliaga, leader of Popular Renewal, would be elected mayor of the Lima municipality.

## Electoral system

The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima is the administrative and government body of the province of Lima. It is composed of the Metropolitan Mayor, the Provincial Council and the Metropolitan Assembly. The province of Lima is not circumscribed to any regional government in its condition of capital of Peru.
The election of the mayor and the council is carried out based on universal suffrage, which includes all national citizens over eighteen years of age, registered and resident in Lima and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as non-citizens nationals residing and registered in the province. There is no immediate reelection of the office of mayor.
The Provincial Council of Lima is made up of 39 councillors elected by direct suffrage for a period of four (4) years, jointly with the election of the Metropolitan Mayor. Voting is by closed list. Seats are allocated to the winning list according to the d'Hondt method or half plus one.

## Lists

| Party | Mayoral nominee | Lieutenant nominee |
| Alliance for Progress Leader: César Acuña | Omar Chehade | Katherine Ampuero |
| Free Peru Leader: Vladimir Cerrón | Yuri Castro | Margarita Santos |
| Front of Hope 2021 Leader: Fernando Olivera | Elizabeth León | Luzi Toro de Jiménez |
| Go on Country - Social Integration Party Leader: Aldo Borrero | María Elena Soto | N/A |
| Popular Renewal Leader: Rafael López Aliaga | Rafael López Aliaga | Renzo Reggiardo |
| Together for Peru Leader: Roberto Sánchez Palomino Peruvian Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Peruano) Peruvian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Peruano) Movement for Socialism (Movimiento al Socialismo) New Peru (Nuevo Perú) | Gonzalo Alegría | Justibel Romero |
| We Are Peru Leader: Patricia Li | George Forsyth | Elvis Pómez |
| We Can Peru Leader: José Luna | Daniel Urresti | José Luna Morales |

### Rejected lists

| Party | List | List | List | Rejection | Rejection |
| Name | Logo | for Mayor | for Lieutenant Mayor | Date | Motive |
| Democratic Green Party Partido Demócrata Verde | | Alex Gonzales | Flor de María Hurtado | 27 June 2022 | Party did not finish registration process in order to fully participate in the elections nationwide. |
| Faith in Peru Fé en el Perú | | Álvaro Paz de la Barra | Juan Villena | 27 June 2022 | Party did not finish registration process in order to fully participate in the elections nationwide. |
| Purple Party Partido Morado | | Guillermo Flores | Cynthia Yamamoto | 13 July 2022 | National Jury of Elections bureaucratic proceedings against the entire list. |
| Go on Country - Social Integration Party Avanza País - Partido de Integración Social | | Luis Molina | Carlos Villacorta | 29 July 2022 | National Jury of Elections bureaucratic proceedings against the entire list but one candidate for the Metropolitan Council. |
| Patriotic Party of Peru Partido Patriótico del Perú | | Julio Lingán | Herbert Caller | 1 August 2022 | National Jury of Elections bureaucratic proceedings against the entire list was not appealed on time, sealing disqualification. |

### Declined to run

* Richard Acuña – Alliance for Progress
* Ricardo Belmont – Free Peru
* Sergio Tejada – Together for Peru
* César Combina – Popular Force
* Edde Cuéllar – Popular Action
* Jorge Quintana – Popular Action
* Javier Combe – Popular Action
* Luis Enrique Gálvez – Popular Action
* Zenaida Solís – Purple Party

## Opinion polls
### Voting simulations

| Pollster | Date | Sample size | Daniel Urresti | Rafael López Aliaga | George Forsyth | Omar Chehade | Gonzalo Alegría | María Elena Soto | Elizabeth León | Yuri Castro | Blank / None |
| Election results | 2 October 2022 | N/A | 25.35 | 26.34 | 18.93 | 7.11 | 6.38 | 3.50 | 10.92 | 1.47 | N/A |
| CPI/Panamericana (Valid votes) | 24-25 Sep. 2022 | 4150 | 28.1 | 25.9 | 18.4 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.3 | N/A |
| CPI/Panamericana (Cast votes) | 24-25 Sep. 2022 | 4150 | 25.0 | 23.1 | 16.4 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| Ipsos Perú/América (Valid votes) | 22-23 Sep. 2022 | 802 | 28.4 | 26.7 | 19.9 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Ipsos Perú/América (Cast votes) | 22-23 Sep. 2022 | 802 | 23.9 | 22.4 | 16.7 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 15.9 |
| CIT/Expreso (Valid votes) | 21-23 Sep. 2022 | 1200 | 34.0 | 31.1 | 14.4 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 1.3 | N/A |
| CIT/Expreso (Cast votes) | 21-23 Sep. 2022 | 1200 | 24.5 | 22.4 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 28.0 |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión (Valid votes) | 19-21 Sep. 2022 | 400 | 27.9 | 26 | 14.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión (Cast votes) | 19-21 Sep. 2022 | 400 | 21.5 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 22.8 |

### Electoral polls

| Pollster | Date | Sample size | Daniel Urresti | Rafael López Aliaga | George Forsyth | Omar Chehade | Gonzalo Alegría | Yuri Castro | Elizabeth León | María Soto (L. Molina) | Julio Lingán | Guillermo Flores | Álvaro Paz de la Barra | Alex Gonzales | Other | Blank / None | Undecided |
| Election results | 2 October 2022 | N/A | 25.35 | 26.34 | 18.93 | 7.11 | 6.38 | 1.47 | 10.92 | 3.50 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| IEP/La República | 19-22 Sep. 2022 | 384 | 19.4 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 18.1 | 13.8 |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión | 19-21 Sep. 2022 | 400 | 25.5 | 23.0 | 15.3 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 19 | 11 |
| Ipsos Perú/América | 8-9 Sep. 2022 | 501 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 9 | 12 |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión | 3-7 Sep. 2022 | 403 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 19 | 11 |
| IDICE/La Razón | 16 Aug. 2022 | 500 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | - | 39 |
| Ipsos Perú/América | 11-12 Aug. 2022 | 500 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 12 | 21 |
| CIT/Expreso | 6-8 Aug. 2022 | 1200 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 10.2 | 3.7 | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.9 | 13.4 | 22.3 |
| CPI/ATV | 3-10 Aug. 2022 | 500 | 22.8 | 21.5 | 9.8 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 22.3 | 15.3 |
| IEP/La República | 1-4 Aug. 2022 | 377 | 25.4 | 22.0 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.6 | N/A | N/A | 2.6 | 16.7 | 8.8 |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión | 1-3 Aug. 2022 | 401 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 3 | - | 24 | 17 |
| Ipsos Perú/El Comercio | 14-15 Jul. 2022 | 502 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | 15 | 24 |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión | 8-12 Jul. 2022 | 400 | 24 | 19 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 21 | 22 |
| CPI/ATV | 20-23 Jun. 2022 | 500 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 3.3 | - | - | - | 23.8 | 19.6 |
| IEP/La República | 20-23 Jun. 2022 | 500 | 22.3 | 18.7 | 11.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | - | 3.4 | - | - | 1.3 | 22.7 | 15.2 |
| Ipsos Perú/El Comercio | 9-10 Jun. 2022 | 500 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| IEP/La República | 23-26 May 2022 | 500 | 10 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | - | 1.4 | - | 1.2 | 0.4 | - | 6.1 | 20.9 | 50.8 |
| Ipsos Perú/El Comercio | 12-13 May 2022 | 501 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 28 |
| Datum/Perú21/Gestión | 5-9 May 2022 | 405 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | 23 | 12 |
| CPI/RPP | 25-29 Apr. 2022 | 500 | 20.9 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 4.3 | - | 1.6 | 5.7 | - | 7.9 | 16.4 | 11.9 |
| IDICE/La Razón | 18 Apr. 2022 | 500 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 18 |

### Pre-electoral polls

| Pollster | Date | Sample Size | Rafael López Aliaga | Daniel Urresti | George Forsyth | Richard Acuña | Luis Molina | Álvaro Paz de la Barra | César Combina | Zenaida Solís | Edde Cuéllar | Sergio Tejada | Omar Chehade | Yuri Castro | Álex Gonzáles | Others | Blank / None | Undecided |
| Ipsos Perú/América | 7 Apr. 2022 | 1205 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 22 |
| Datum/Perú 21/Gestión | 2–4 Apr. 2022 | 335 | 19 | 21 | 10 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 10 |
| CPI | 21-25 Mar. 2022 | 500 | 18.6 | 16.6 | 10.1 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.0 | - | - | - | 0.7 | 11.9 | 14.6 | 9.8 |
| CIT/Expreso | 11–13 Mar. 2022 | 509 | 23.2 | 18.1 | 13.4 | - | 0.8 | 4.1 | 2.0 | - | 1.6 | - | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 28.5 |
| Ipsos Perú/El Comercio | 8 Mar. 2022 | 463 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| CIT/Expreso | 11–13 Feb. 2022 | 500 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 7.4 | - | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | 23.2 | 7.2 | 14.8 |
| Ipsos Perú/América | 10–11 Feb. 2022 | 466 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| CPI/Latina | 3–11 Feb. 2022 | 3500 | 14.6 | 15.9 | 11.5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.4 | 17.5 | 12.8 |
| Ipsos Perú/El Comercio | 13–14 Jan. 2022 | 460 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | 9 | 20 |
| Ipsos Perú/El Comercio | 9–10 Dec. 2021 | 462 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 16 | 22 |

## Results
### Metropolitan Municipality of Lima

| | Rafael López Aliaga | Popular Renewal | 1,402,627 | 26.34 | 21 | +20 |
| | Daniel Urresti | Podemos Perú | 1,349,725 | 25.35 | 7 | -1 |
| | George Forsyth | We Are Peru | 1,007,979 | 18.93 | 5 | +4 |
| | Elizabeth León | Front of Hope 2021 | 581,269 | 10.92 | 3 | New |
| | Omar Chehade | Alliance for Progress | 378,642 | 7.11 | 2 | +1 |
| | Gonzalo Alegría | Together for Peru | 339,570 | 6.38 | 1 | +1 |
| | María Elena Soto | Go on Country – Social Integration Party | 186,529 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| | Yuri Castro | Free Peru | 78,364 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,324,705 | 100.00 | 39 | – |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,324,705 | 89.24 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 445,184 | 7.46 | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 196,726 | 3.30 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,966,615 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | | – | | |
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