Overview
- Law No. 32536, published in El Peruano, creates a one-off exception allowing party members affiliated between Oct. 8, 2024 and Oct. 7, 2025 to run in the 2026 regional and municipal elections, with a second valid window from Oct. 8, 2025 to Jan. 7, 2026 subject to no active affiliation as of Oct. 8, 2025.
- The JNE, ONPE and Reniec must regulate and adapt procedures to the new rule, with La República reporting a 30‑day deadline for issuing the implementing regulations.
- Via Resolution No. 0821-2025-JNE, the JNE declared itself in permanent session and enabled exceptional workdays: Dec. 26–28, 2025 and Jan. 2–4, 10–11, 17, 2026, keeping filings and notifications moving on weekends and holidays.
- The JNE reports 36 political organizations have registered presidential slates and has published party government plans on its Electoral Platform, with technical and legal reviews of registrations underway.
- The tacha process is active with a three‑day window for any Reniec‑registered citizen to challenge candidacies, appeals reaching the JNE, and the electoral timetable fixing definitive candidate lists by March 14, 2026; separately, a JEE deemed Renovación Popular lists inadmissible and gave two days to correct omissions.