Talk:2026 Peruvian general election

Elections for Senate and Chamber of Deputies

Sorry, I'm just someone using this page as reference for a school project and saw the description of elections for Senators and members of the Chamber of Deputies. Considering this is the page for the 2026 General Election, I'm a bit confused on the distinction between the two houses when Peru has a unicameral Congress. I think I may be missing something and just needed some clarification. Thank you. 206.201.208.39 (talk) 14:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello! A congressal decision in 2024 established a bicameral congress starting this year, with a lower and an upper house. This means that the current election is also for the election of the chamber of deputees and the senate. This means that when the new government begins its term in July, Peru's congress will be officially bicameral. Ariasa98 (talk) 07:34, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

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Endorsements

@JustEMV Hi, I'm not Peruvian and can't even speak Spanish but this election interests me a lot and I've been checking up on it. Has anyone else that failed to get into the second round endorsed a candidate yet, and if so, could you add that to the table? Thanks polish ✹ kurd 19:46, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Polish kurd! Glad you're interested in our election. I'm not aware of more formal endorsements. One candidate met with other parties and another denied supporting the first, but didn't explicitly support the other either. I'll keep an eye on developments and add any updates to the table :) JustEMV^🦙 (talk) 04:23, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Political positions

@Marxivi, James100000, Miki1234568, Borgenland, Trappist the monk, Charles Essie, and Sdcnjsdhbcsbckhbvkaf: The political positions in the article's intro keep changing. I placed back that Fujimori is "far right" as she has been described by many sources as belonging to this position, which can be seen in her own article. Do you agree with this? WMrapids (talk) 13:45, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Disagree: I would like disagree placing Keiko Fujimori to the "far-right" scale of the political spectrum. Her ideas and views every since has been shifting softly to "right-wing" when Rafael López Aliaga emerged in Peruvian politics. In 2026, media's mostly labeled her as "right-wing" candidate such as Al Jazeera, Peoples Dispatch, Reuters. While some labeled her as "conservative" candidate which is generally classified as right-wing, those came from France24, BBC, Le Monde, and AP News to name a few. Besides, Fujimorism is generally classified as social conservative and has been labeled as mostly right-wing with far-right tendencies. But as I said earlier, Keiko Fujimori's views had gradually changed and now she has been being described as right-wing conservative, respectively. With regards, James100000 (talk) 14:39, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@James100000: In her article, we have nearly two dozen sources describing her as "far right." Recently, France24, for instance, does call her "the far-right Keiko Fujimori, (la ultraderechista Keiko Fujimori)", as well as Europa Press, Semana and Infobae . Infobae, Proceso, and El Salto, say that both Fujimori and Aliaga are members of the far-right. WMrapids (talk) 20:10, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@WMrapids I see, I guess international medias labeled Fujimori as "right-wing" due to comparison to other nation politicians. Basically, in the locality Fujimori is "far-right" but when you compared it to international "far-right" officials, Fujimori's label would be adjusted to just "right-wing", with that being said let's just use "right-wing to far-right" label to her once again as the safest description. But, her being "far-right" is a little different to Rafael López Aliaga, respectively. James100000 (talk) 09:11, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

My own observation shows that she has always had a vague political stance, usually pivoting towards private interests rather than a certain, consistent ideology. I'd then, for Wikipedia, go with anything cited from reliable sources. Marxivi (talk) 05:36, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

The one thing I've noticed is that Fujimori has also beginning to sound like a big-tent right-winger. Borgenland (talk) 11:09, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

I just changed it from "far-right" to "right-wing" without knowing about this dicussion, having just seen it from ITNC. Apologies about that, feel free to revert until this discussion concludes. But, my position is that "far-right" is a very strong label and should only be applied in the lede with equally strong sourcing. So, I would be happier if it just said "right-wing" instead. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 14:17, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

After reviewing the discussion here, while some of us have some personal opinions on Fujimori's positions and acknowledge that she will change it with the times, we also recognize that Wikipedia relies on reliable sources. Reliable sources across the board have described her as "far-right", so I feel confident in placing this back in. If anyone disagrees, we can omit her political position once more until a more clear consensus is determined.--WMrapids (talk) 18:42, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

I would be cautious about labeling Keiko Fujimori as “far-right” without clear and consistent support from reliable sources. For instance, she publicly expressed support for same-sex marriage during a conference at Harvard University in 2015, which complicates a straightforward classification in that category. While one might interpret such positions as politically strategic, they nonetheless suggest a more nuanced ideological profile.

Comparatively, figures such as Rafael López Aliaga are more consistently and explicitly described as far-right in reliable sources, and the distinction between the two is often recognized in political analysis. Even if both have at times aligned in Congress, that alone does not necessarily justify assigning them the same ideological label.

It is also worth noting that the characterization of Fujimori as “far-right” appears to have become more common in sources after around 2020. Earlier coverage from the 2010s does not consistently apply that label. Per Wikipedia’s policies on due weight and reliable sourcing, it may be more appropriate to reflect this evolution in how sources describe her, rather than presenting the label as uncontroversial or longstanding.

On a related note, regarding Roberto Sánchez, the current description as simply “left-wing” may understate how some sources characterize his political positioning. Given his alliances, including ties to Antauro Humala and sectors associated with former president Pedro Castillo, it may be worth reviewing whether stronger or more specific descriptors are supported by reliable sources. Any adjustment, however, should be firmly based on high-quality citations rather than editorial interpretation. OeManoCansatePes (talk) 16:36, 1 May 2026 (UTC) (Edit: User was determined to be a sockpuppet. --WMrapids (talk) 18:03, 21 June 2026 (UTC))

@Chorchapu, Gotitbro, and Salmon Of Ignorance: I saw the discussion here. Fujimori is widely regarded as being "far-right" according to reliable sources. It's strange that we remove this description from Fujimori, yet keep it in place for Rafael López Aliaga.

Also, per MOS:LABEL:

Value-laden labels ... may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject, in which case use in-text attribution.

So while we can attribute this description of being "far-right" to numerous international media and scholarly sources, can we call a spade a spade? What would be appropriate for the lead?--WMrapids (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

I am not Peruvian, do not follow Peruvian politics specifically, and as such cannot comment from knowledge. However in general I urge utmost caution with this label and would want many sources from all around the political spectrum and the world to call her "far-right". Aliaga seems to be rather more extreme than Fujimori but again I cannot speak from knowledge of the area. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 18:43, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Looking at the sources in her article, we have multiple generally reliable sources, per WP:RSP, describing Fujimori as "far-right".

This includes:

• CNN (WP:CNN) -
• Deutsche Welle (WP:DEUTSCHEWELLE) -
• The Guardian (WP:GUARDIAN) -
• The Washington Post (WP:WAPO) -

This is in addition to high-quality Spanish-language sources and some academic sources too. WMrapids (talk) 19:22, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps. We shall see. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 20:21, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

June 2026: Continued discussion

Hello @Fanfanboy, James100000, Jeffrey34555, TheChampRD4, and Borgenland:! TheChampRD4, thank you for raising this concern on my talk page. Since we have continued having some conflicting edits occurring, we need to revisit what was discussed above. As Borgenland has said, there has been some "Repeated WP:IDNHT behavior" and I don't want us to perpetuate edit conflicts, especially when Peruvian articles have been plagued with sockpuppetry, even in this very discussion.

Many reliabe sources describe Keiko Fujimori as "far-right", which is why it is included per the verifiability policy of Wikipedia. From what I can see, Fanfanboy seems to support this position, saying "Wikipedians still have to use reliable sources. Because most sources say Fujimori is 'far right' and Sanchez is only 'left,' that is what is reflected in the article".--WMrapids (talk) 19:04, 21 June 2026

Despite previous discussions here, James100000 and Jeffrey34555, you both appear opposed to describing Fujimori as "far right" despite what reliable sources have presented and have continued to revert edits using such descriptions. Do you have any policies to support your concerns? Please participate in this discussion before engaging in more reversions so we can determine a community consensus on such concerns. Thank you!

I'm not sure who posted this unsigned comment, but I do believe this revert was unnecessary. The reverted material did not try to remove the "far-right" description of Fujimori in the lead, but rather merely added a few brief words: "as have several other sources." The deleted footnote confirms accuracy. Personally, I don't think vague terms like far-right and far-left are nearly as helpful as describing specific policy stances that would prove the point. But I did not remove "far-right". And the deleted word "several" indicates not very many (though they are from extremeley reliable sources). Anythingyouwant (talk) 02:54, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I also want to note, a recent edit to her article provided sources describing her as "center right". However, all of these sources were 10 to 15 years old. Sources already provided that describe her as "far right" are from reliable sources that range from 2019 to just weeks ago in 2026, providing a more recent analysis of her political stance.--WMrapids (talk) 02:59, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

The reverted material is shown here. As I said, it's only five words that was deleted regarding "center right" and it supplements the statement that "she has been described by international media and scholars as holding conservative and far-right political positions". I don't see the problem, a few very reliable old sources described her as center-right, whereas more numerous and recent sources describe her as "far-left". So we should give more weight to the latter, per NPOV. Anythingyouwant (talk) 03:05, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

@Anythingyouwant: I hope this is an adequate explanation. We can add to her article something like: "In the mid-2010s, Fujimori was described as center right to right wing by some media outlets. Since the late 2010s and into the 2020s, she has been described as far right."

I feel like this is reasonable because it:

• Shows the evolution of sources positioning her political stance
• Observes the concerns of other users who recognize the increased political polarization occurring in Peru (and elsewhere...)

What do you think? WMrapids (talk) 03:04, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I only looked at English-language sources, so I cannot say anything about non-English sources. If you put a statement like that into the article body, then I think a very brief summary in the lead would be okay too ("as have several other sources"). Is the reason why reporting about her has changed because her positions have changed, or because everyone is just getting more derogatory about each other, or perhaps the country has moved left while she has not? Anythingyouwant (talk) 03:09, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

I'll make a quick edit and let me know what you think. As for the last questions, it could be a little bit of everything (there have been some that say that leaders have promoted tribalism to divide and conquer to pick up the pieces), but that is not necessarily up for us to decide. The sources say what the sources say, and that is what we put on Wikipedia. WMrapids (talk) 03:19, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Alright, here is the edit showing the history of her political positioning as described by sources. WMrapids (talk) 03:25, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Fujimori has won?

I see somebody edited the article to claim that Keiko Fujimori has been elected President.

I'm glad that edit got reverted — for the following reasons :

1. She has not claimed victory. 2. Her opponent has not conceded defeat. 3. The Peruvian electoral commission has not declared a winner. David Cannon (talk) 11:04, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Even though the results show her as holding a majority, you can find that a winner is still not able to be calculated as of yet because of how close the results are. In this case, with simple math, you can find that turnout was 71.35% of 27,325,432 registered voters. That would bring us to a total of 19,496,696 votes, roughly. At the time of writing this comment, the official results are showing 99.199% of polls counted totaling 9,140,782 for Fujimori and 9,104,541 for Sanchez. Totaling the currently counted votes = 18,245,323 with a difference between currently counted and 71.35% turnout, the difference means 1,251,373 may still be remaining to be counted. With the current difference in votes being 36,421, it's way too small of a gap to be able to call the race. (The math might not be perfect to the tee but this is just to explain that there are more uncounted votes than the difference in votes between Fujimori and Sanchez) ~2026-35435-87 (talk) 20:23, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Looking solely at all the elections in 2026, some criteria used by certain users to determine the winner rely excessively on the political spectrum—particularly among those who intervene in discussion archives. Cbls1911 (talk) 16:04, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

29 June 2026 update

As explained here:

1. We've been here before with Pedro Castillo's election in 2021
2. While vote count is at 100%, a winner has still not been declared
3. An official winner will be declared by 3 July 2026

Thank you everyone for your patience on this. Please remember that Wikipedia is not a newspaper.--WMrapids (talk) 23:39, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

• Both the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/world/americas/peru-presidential-election-keiko-fujimori-conservative.html) and the Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/30/keiko-fujimori-wins-peru-presidential-election-polls-runoff) describe Fujimori as having won, using very definitive language. The article is extended confirmed protected, so I cannot add these to the article. ~2026-36471-65 (talk) 12:42, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 June 2026

Change "The remaining two candidates who went to the run-off election, Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez, will appear on the second round ballot." to "The remaining two candidates who went to the run-off election, Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez, appeared on the second round ballot." ~2026-36471-65 (talk) 12:31, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done FlammablePizza (talk) 13:27, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! ~2026-36471-65 (talk) 13:58, 30 June 2026 (UTC)