Voting system

Peru is a presidential representative democratic republic with a multi-party system, effectively barring any party from dominating the country’s politics. Thus the most recent governments have been a coalition between different parties.

Peru holds general elections every 5 years, with simultaneous voting for the President, Congress members and Andean Parliament members. Voting is compulsory through ages 18 to 70, with exception for the members of the Armed Forces and the Police.

The current version of the Constitution does not allow consecutive presidential re-election. However, an ex-president may run for office again in the next elections. The current elected President, Ollanta Humala Tasso, is at the same time the leader of the most represented block Gana Perú.

The President appoints the Prime Minister, together they appoint and the Council of Ministers. Under current Constitution, the role of the Prime Minister is carrying out the decisions of the President. The Prime Minister chairs the session of the Council of Ministers unless the President is in attendance. He is also the second spokesperson on the country and the coordinator of the Ministers in specific areas.

The Congress is formed by proportional representation after elections, with members serving 5 years.

Since 1993 the elections are organized by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) and supervised by the National Jury of Elections (JNE). JNE is responsible for registration of the political parties and for checking the compliance of the political campaigns with the regulations. After each electoral cycle JNE publishes a publicly available comprehensive statistical report on participation and results.