Poll Tracker: Peru's 2026 Presidential Election

This article was originally published on February 11 and has since been updated. 

Peru’s pollsters, like the rest of the country’s 27.3 million eligible voters, were left waiting for more than a month after the first-round vote for official confirmation of the two candidates who’d emerged atop a field of 35 contenders to advance to the runoff. It arrived on May 17, just three weeks ahead of the June 7 second round.  

Keiko Fujimori, leader of the conservative People’s Force, secured a 17 percent share of valid votes to make her fourth consecutive runoff. The ex-congresswoman (2006–2011) and daughter of former authoritarian President Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000) will face off against leftist congressman Roberto Sánchez of Together for Peru (JP), who won around 12 percent of valid first-round votes. Sánchez served in the cabinet of Fujimori’s rival in the 2021 runoff, the currently imprisoned ex-President Pedro Castillo (2021–2022).

Whoever wins the runoff will be sworn in on July 28 to replace interim President José María Balcázar. How are voters feeling about their two options in a political landscape marked by sharp ideological and geographical divides?

This was the poll tracker for the first-round vote. It was originally published on February 11 and last updated on April 10.