Overview
- Peru will hold elections for authorities of centros poblados on Sunday, 1 November 2026, with roughly 3.38 million eligible voters across more than 3,300 population centers and 139 provincial municipalities requesting ONPE technical help.
- ONPE regional coordination offices have been training members of table, advising municipal organizers and lending voting cabins and ballot boxes in regions such as Ayacucho, Arequipa and La Libertad to support locally run polls.
- In Lima the municipal count shows Renovación Popular leading Avanza País by about 49,588 votes with nearly all actas processed, and the JNE will have to rule after final processing on which list member may assume the mayoralty where list-structure or resignation issues exist.
- In Spain, city councils in Madrid, Valladolid and Vigo used secure computerized public draws to name presidents, vocales and suplentes for the 29 November general election and designated members are legally obliged to serve unless excused with modest compensation of about €75.
- The Junta Nacional de Justicia has advanced two candidates in the public contest for the next ONPE head and set a staged calendar of curricular review, psychometric tests and interviews that runs through late December.