Poll Tracker: Peru's 2026 Presidential Election

It's been ten years since a Peruvian president last completed a full, five-year term. A series of impeachments, resignations, and interim governments have marked a tumultuous decade that has seen eight occupants of the presidency. Incumbent President José Jerí, appointed in October 2025 after the removal of Dina Boluarte, has himself faced threats of impeachment for secret meetings with Chinese businessmen. Boluarte, in turn, had assumed the presidency in December 2022 following the congressional ouster of her predecessor—and Peru’s last elected president—Pedro Castillo (2021–2022), currently in prison for an attempted “self-coup.”

Peruvians will pick their next leader from a record-breaking 36 candidates in the April 12 first round. If no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two advance to a June 7 runoff. 

Leading most polls is former Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga (2023–2025) of the right-wing Popular Renewal party (RP). Also known as “Porky,” the politician and businessman’s style has drawn comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump. Behind him is Keiko Fujimori, who heads the conservative People’s Force (FP) and is the eldest daughter of former authoritarian President Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000). This is the former congresswoman’s fourth presidential run, after making the last three runoffs. Although she last held an elected position in 2011, Fujimori holds sway in the country’s powerful Congress, where her party leads a right-wing bloc.

No other candidate consistently polls above 5 percent across surveys, but other notable figures include comedian Carlos Álvarez of the right-wing Country for All party (PPT); political newcomer Mario Vizcarra of Peru First (P1), a centrist party founded by his brother, recently imprisoned ex-President Martín Vizcarra (2018–2020); and former Central Bank Director (2006–2012) Alfonso López Chau of the Now Nation party. López Chau is currently under investigation for alleged corruption during his time as president of the National University of Engineering (2021–2025).