Peru - 01/01/2023

Single House:
• The lists of candidates for the Congress of the Republic and the Andean Parliament, in general elections, shall be determined in the following manner: 1. Nomination in internal or primary elections. (...) The set of candidates is made up of fifty percent (50%) of women or men, placed alternately as follows: one woman one man or one man one woman. The vote is cast in favor of an individual candidate. 2. List resulting from internal or primary elections. (...) It is ordered according to the result of the voting and respecting the fifty percent (50%) of women or men. (...) The final list is arranged in the following order: one woman, one man or one man, one woman (...). 3. List of candidates for the general elections. In the list for the Congress of the Republic and the Andean Parliament, for the general elections, the results of the internal democracy are considered, and the candidates are placed in an intercalary order: one woman, one man or one man, one woman. The criterion of gender parity and alternation must also be verified on the total number of candidates presented by each political organization (Organic Law on Elections, article 116).
• The affirmative measure indicated in Article 116 of the Organic Law on Elections is applied progressively, as follows:
1. General Elections of the year 2026.- The lists of candidates for the Congress of the Republic must include forty-five percent (45%) of women or men, located in an interspersed manner: a woman, a man, or a man, a woman.
2. General Elections of the year 2031.- The lists of candidates for the Congress of the Republic must include fifty percent (50%) of women or men, located in an interspersed manner: a woman, a man, or a man, a woman. (Law No. 30996 amending the organic law on elections regarding the National Electoral System, transitional supplementary provisions)