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.

## Background

Eighteen candidates participated in the presidential election, the highest number of candidates since the 2006 Peruvian general election. 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.

### 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. 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. It was eventually decided to be held on 26 January 2020. Opposition lawmakers condemned Vizcarra's proposal, defending the practice of five year terms. This constitutional reform was rejected.

### 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.

## Candidates

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

## Infobox (legislative election)

- **embed**: yes
- **ongoing**: no
- **election date**: 11 April 2021
- **election name**: Congressional election
- **previous election**: 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election, 2020
- **next election**: 2026 Peruvian general election, 2026
- **seats for election**: All 130 seats in the Congress of Peru
- **majority seats**: 66
- **image**:
- **leader1**: Vladimir Cerrón
- **party1**: Free Peru
- **percentage1**: 13.41
- **last election1**: 0
- **seats1**: 37
- **leader2**: Keiko Fujimori
- **party2**: Popular Force
- **percentage2**: 11.34
- **last election2**: 15
- **seats2**: 24
- **leader3**: Rafael López Aliaga
- **party3**: Popular Renewal
- **percentage3**: 9.33
- **last election3**: New
- **seats3**: 13
- **leader4**: Mesias Guevara
- **party4**: Popular Action (Peru)
- **percentage4**: 9.02
- **last election4**: 25
- **seats4**: 16
- **leader5**: César Acuña
- **party5**: Alliance for Progress (Peru)
- **percentage5**: 7.54
- **last election5**: 22
- **seats5**: 15
- **leader6**: Pedro Cenas
- **party6**: Go on Country – Social Integration Party
- **percentage6**: 7.54
- **last election6**: 0
- **seats6**: 7
- **leader7**: Roberto Sánchez
- **party7**: Together for Peru
- **percentage7**: 6.59
- **last election7**: 0
- **seats7**: 5
- **leader8**: Patricia Li
- **party8**: We Are Peru
- **percentage8**: 6.13
- **last election8**: 11
- **seats8**: 5
- **leader9**: José Luna
- **party9**: Podemos Perú
- **percentage9**: 5.83
- **last election9**: 11
- **seats9**: 5
- **leader10**: Julio Guzmán
- **party10**: Purple Party
- **percentage10**: 5.42
- **last election10**: 9
- **seats10**: 3


## Infobox (election)

- **embed**: yes
- **election name**: Presidential election
- **previous election**: 2016 Peruvian general election
- **previous year**: 2016
- **next election**: 2024 Peruvian general elections
- **next year**: 2024
- **turnout**: 70.1% (1st round)  11.7%
74.6% (2nd round)  5.2%
- **election date**: 11 April 2021 (first round)
6 June 2021 (second round)
- **ongoing**: no
- **type**: presidential
- **reporting**: 100.00
- **last update**: 11 June, 08:50
- **time zone**: Time in Peru, PET
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Pedro Castillo**
- **party1**: Free Peru
- **running mate1**: **Dina Boluarte**
- **popular vote1**: **8,817,280**
- **percentage1**: **50.17%**
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Keiko Fujimori
- **party2**: Popular Force
- **running mate2**: Luis Galarreta
Patricia Juárez
- **popular vote2**: 8,756,882
- **percentage2**: 49.83%
- **map image**:
- **map caption**: Candidate that received the most votes by first round results by Regions of Peru, department (left) and Provinces of Peru, province (right)
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Francisco Sagasti
- **before party**: Purple Party
- **after election**: Pedro Castillo
- **after party**: Free Peru
- **vote type**: Popular


## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2021 Peruvian general election
- **country**: Peru
- **flag year**: state
- **type**: presidential