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Viewing cable 05LIMA5291, THE ELECTORAL PROCESS BEGINS

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05LIMA5291 2005-12-14 18:22 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Lima
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141822Z Dec 05
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LIMA 005291 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PE
SUBJECT: THE ELECTORAL PROCESS BEGINS 
 
 
1.  President Alejandro Toledo, on 12/8, officially 
proclaimed the dates for the next general election (4/9/06) 
and, should it be necessary, presidential run-off (5/7/06). 
Currently four alliances and 21 individual parties have 
registered to present candidates for President, First Vice 
President, Second Vice President, 120 congressional seats, 
and, for the Andean Parliament, five legislators and 10 
alternates.  Up to 14 additional parties are attempting to 
register by the deadlines for presenting presidential and 
congressional candidates. 
 
2.  The electoral calendar runs as follows: 
 
--  12/10/05:  deadline for registering electoral alliances. 
A total of four alliances registered:  "Unidad Nacional" 
("National Unity" - made up of the Popular Christian, 
National Solidarity and Renovation parties), the "Central 
Front" (made up of the Accion Popular, Somos Peru and 
National Independent Coordinator parties), "Decentralized 
Harmonizaton" (Social Democratic Party and the Peruvian 
Humanist Movement), and "Alliance for the Future"  (the 
pro-Fujimori New Majority and Change 90 parties). 
 
--  12/19/05:  deadline for parties' internal elections for 
presidential and vice presidential nominations. 
 
--  01/09/06:  deadline for registering presidential/vice 
presidential tickets. 
 
--  01/18/06;  deadline for parties to select their 
congressional candidates. 
 
--  01/19/06:  deadline for the National Electoral Board to 
approve the list of eligible voters. 
 
--  02/08/06:  deadline for the registration of congressional 
candidates. 
 
--  04/09/06:  first round of elections for all elective 
offices. 
 
--  05/07/06:  second round of elections for president/vice 
presidents, should no ticket receive an absolute majority in 
the first round. 
 
3.  The presidential/vice presidential vote will be held on a 
nationwide basis.  The ticket that obtains an absolute 
majority of the popular vote wins.  If no ticket achieves 
this majority in the first round on 04/09/06, a second round 
will be held four weeks later. 
 
4.  Congressional seats are apportioned on a district basis, 
with each of the country's 24 departments, plus the city of 
Callao, entitled to one legislator each.  The remaining 95 
seats will be divided between the 25 electoral districts 
based on the each district's percentage of the national 
population.  Lima, the most populous district, has 35 seats, 
while Madre de Dios, the least populated, has but one. 
 
5.  Voters cast their ballots for a single party's 
congressional list in their respective districts, and will 
also be entitled to register up to two "preferential votes" 
for individual candidates from the party they chose.  In 
order for a party to obtain a congressional seat, it must 
either receive four percent of the national congressional 
vote, or win six seats in a single electoral district (in 
other words, in Lima).  The parties that meet either of these 
requirements will then divide up the congressional seats 
district-by-district, based on the percentage of the vote 
obtained in each respective district. 
 
6.  The individuals elected to the Congress will be the 
candidates from the winning parties who gained the most 
preferential votes.  For example, if party "A" runs five 
candidates in Puno and wins 40 percent of the vote, it will 
be entitled to at least two of the five congressional seats. 
These seats will go to the two party "A" candidates who 
received the largest number of preferential votes.  Thus, 
while parties can rank their candidates in order of 
preference, the voters have the power to alter this rank 
order in determining who will actually represent them in 
Congress. 
 
7.  The voting for five Andean Parliament legislators and 10 
alternates will be decided on the basis of a single 
nationwide district.  As with the national congressional 
race, voters will choose between different party lists and 
can cast up to two "preferential votes" for individual 
candidates on the list they choose.  The winners will also be 
determined on the same basis as the national congressional 
election, with seats distributed among the parties based on 
their proportional vote (provided they obtain at least four 
percent support), and the candidates ranked within each party 
based on their "preferential vote" tallies. 
 
8.  The Supreme Decree convoking the general elections also 
instructed the Ministry of Economy and Finance to take the 
necessary steps to transfer the funds budgeted for carrying 
out the elections.  The National Office for Electoral 
Processes (ONPE) is due to receive some 300 million Soles 
(USD 88 million), and ONPE Director Magdalena Chu has warned 
that delays in providing this funding would complicate her 
organization's ability to organize the elections, print up 
the ballots and candidate lists, and provide the necessary 
training for officials and the citizenry. 
 
9.  Septel will report on the status of the presidential and 
congressional races as the formal electoral campaign kicks 
off. 
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