Overview
- The JEE Lima Centro issued Resolution No. 08273-2026 on October 22 and declared Avanza País’s request for a second-round vote between Rafael López Aliaga and Francis Allison unfounded.
- The tribunal said municipal election law governs mayoral contests and that the 30 percent runoff threshold in the regional election law does not apply to Lima because there is no explicit legal basis to import that rule.
- The JEE also denied Avanza País’s subsidiary request to suspend the official proclamation, ruling that the mere filing of objections does not halt the ongoing counting and certification process.
- Avanza País may appeal the decision to the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones and other actors have filed separate complaints with the Junta Nacional de Justicia and the Lima Bar Association over how the JNE handled related questions.
- Practically, the decision lets ONPE and electoral bodies continue toward proclamation and credentialing under municipal rules, a step that will decide who assumes mayoral duties in a closely contested race and could shape administrative control in Lima.