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. 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:

File:Mensaje a la Nación - Pedro Castillo (cropped).png|TeacherPedro Castillo(Free Peru)
File:Keiko Fujimori 2 (cropped).jpg|Former CongresswomanKeiko Fujimori(Popular Force)
File:Rafael López Aliaga.jpg|Former CouncilmanRafael López Aliaga(Popular Renewal)
File:MINISTRO VALAKIVI SE REUNIÓ CON ECONOMISTA HERNANDO DE SOTO (20681376492) (cropped).jpg|EconomistHernando de Soto Polar(Go on Country)
File:Yonhy Lescano 2012 (cropped).jpg|Former CongressmanYonhy Lescano(Popular Action)
File:Verónika Mendoza Frisch.jpg|Former CongresswomanVerónika Mendoza(Together for Peru)
|Former GovernorCésar Acuña(Alliance for Progress)
File:George Forsyth Sommer.jpg|Former MayorGeorge Forsyth(National Victory)
File:Daniel Urresti.jpg|CongressmanDaniel Urresti(Podemos Perú)
File:Julio Guzmán en La Encerrona (cropped).png|Former Secretary-GeneralJulio Guzmán(Purple Party)
File:Alberto Beingolea.jpg|Former CongressmanAlberto Beingolea(Christian People's Party)
File:Daniel E. Salaverry Villa.jpg|Former Congress PresidentDaniel Salaverry(We Are Peru)
File:Ollanta Humala Tasso.jpg|Former PresidentOllanta Humala(Peruvian Nationalist Party)
File:José Vega Antonio 2 (cropped).jpg|CongressmanJosé Vega(Union for Peru)
File:Ciro Galvez en La Encerrona (cropped).png|LawyerCiro Gálvez(National United Renaissance)
File:Marco Arana.jpg|Former CongressmanMarco Arana(Broad Front)
File:Alcalde de pueblo libre en comisión de economía (6881629678)(cropped) (cropped).jpg|MayorRafael Santos(Secure Homeland)
File:Andrés Alcántara en La Encerrona.png|Labor UnionistAndrés Alcántara Paredes(Direct Democracy)
File:Nidia071.JPG|*Withdrew:Former CongresswomanNidia Vílchez(American Popular Revolutionary Alliance)*

## Results
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