Overview
- The Executive formally called a second-round vote for Sunday, December 6, 2026, in 15 regions where no candidate formula reached the 30 percent threshold in the October 4 ballot.
- Electoral authorities will reuse the same polling places and the same titular and substitute table members from October 4, and they scheduled a training session the Sunday before the runoff to refresh procedures.
- Local officials in Arequipa report about 1,500 table members have not yet received the state compensation of S/165 and have been asked to collect payments at their chosen bank or at Banco de la Nación with their DNI.
- Opinion and electoral analysts warn that counting, validation and appeals at ONPE, the jurados electorales especiales and the JNE could delay official proclamations into late December, which would compress or postpone the formation of new regional administrations.
- The runoff will decide only governors and vice‑governors, with each race pairing the two top formulas from October 4; in Arequipa the ballot will pit the tickets of Jenry Huisa and Alfredo Zegarra.