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ONPE Completes Preliminary Selection of Polling-Station Candidates for Peru’s 2026 Elections

The Jan. 29 public draw will choose nine members per table from a pool of more than 2.3 million preselected citizens.

Overview

  • The Jan. 23 procedure at ONPE headquarters used an automated system with JNE and Reniec observers to produce the eligible lists.
  • About 92,700 polling tables are planned for the April 12 vote, requiring extensive staffing across the country.
  • The preselection prioritized voters with higher education, no prior service as table members, and under age 65, lowering the chance for older adults, people with disabilities, and those with less schooling.
  • Electoral rules exclude candidates, party representatives, electoral officials, certain public authorities, active military and police on election duty, firefighters, specified prosecutors, and citizens who served in two or more of the last five elections.
  • Those who serve will receive S/165, while designated citizens who do not serve face a S/275 fine.