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Peru’s 2026 Elections Tighten Under Review as JNE Confirms Acción Popular’s Exclusion and Flags Renovación Popular Lists

Exceptional schedules enable fast‑track challenges to settle crowded candidate lists before the March 14 deadline.

Overview

  • Peru’s electoral tribunal declared inadmissible Acción Popular’s bid to reverse the annulment of its primaries and ordered the case archived, confirming the party will not be on the 2026 general ballot.
  • Special Electoral Juries in Lima Centro 2 and Lima Oeste 3 deemed Renovación Popular’s candidate lists for the Chamber of Deputies (Lima) and the Andean Parliament inadmissible over documentation and disclosure omissions, giving the party two days to cure.
  • The government promulgated an exceptional law extending party‑affiliation periods only for the 2026 regional and municipal contests, and JNE, ONPE and Reniec must issue implementing rules within 30 days.
  • The JNE established sesión permanente with specified weekend and holiday working days to keep registrations, notifications and tacha processing on track through the season.
  • ONPE presented a five‑column ballot of roughly 21×42 cm (expandable), the JNE confirmed 36 registered presidential tickets with plans published on its platform, and citizens can file tachas under short statutory windows.