At stake in this election:

• 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Alberto Kenyo FUJIMORI Fujimori
• Head of Government: President Alberto Kenyo FUJIMORI Fujimori
• Assembly: Peru has a unicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) with 120 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica del Peru) 120 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Peru 2000
  • Leader: Alberto FUJIMORI
  • Seats won in this election: 52
  • Seats won in last election: 67
• Party: Possible Peru / Peru Posible (PP)
  • Leader: Alejandro TOLEDO
  • Seats won in this election: 29
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Indpendent Moralizing Front / Frente Independiente Moralizador (FIM)
  • Leader: Fernando OLIVERA
  • Seats won in this election: 9
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: We are Peru / Somos Peru (SP)
  • Leader: Alberto ANDRADE
  • Seats won in this election: 9
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: American Popular Revolutionary Alliance / Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP)
  • Leader: Jorge del CASTILLO
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: National Solidarity Party / Partido Solidaridad Nacional (PSN)
  • Leader: Luis CASTAÑEDA
  • Seats won in this election: 5
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 25,914,875 (2000)
• Registered Voters: 14,340,169 (2000)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 12,964,036 (2000)

·         Is Peru a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (23 July 1981)

·         Has Peru ratified CEDAW: Yes (13 September 1982)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 24 (following the 2000 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 84 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Peru a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Peru ratified CRPD: Yes (30 January 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 3,887,231 (est.)