Overview
- ONPE's full count published on Monday shows Rómulo Suyco Panda, the Somos Perú sole candidate, received 188 votes while 407 ballots were blank and 81 were null out of 676 total votes.
- Blank and null votes combined total 488, roughly 72 percent of ballots, which exceeds the two‑thirds threshold in Peru's electoral law.
- Because the threshold is met, the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) can declare the municipal election null and has legal authority to convene Elecciones Municipales Complementarias.
- This outcome repeats the district's 2022 result when the same sole candidacy was outpolled by blank and null ballots, forcing complementary elections in the past.
- If the JNE declares nullity the district will face a new vote within the statutory period, leaving Lari without a confirmed mayor until a complementary election installs one and prompting local parties to select alternative candidates.