| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Congreso de la República / Congress of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
27 September 1997
Last amendment: 28 December 2000 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 130 |
| Constituencies |
25 multi-member constituencies. |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
Proportional representation system with closed party lists.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by the next-in-line candidates of the same party list.
Voting is compulsory until the age of 70. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Peruvian citizenship
- full possession of civil and political rights
- disqualifications: judicial interdiction, persons under sentence which deprives them of their freedom, members of the armed and police forces on active duty. |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 25 years
- Peruvian by birth
|
| Incompatibilities |
- other public functions (except Minister of State and authorized membership of extraordinary commissions of international character), certain judicial and financial offices
- certain posts in State-connected enterprises
|
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by political parties or alliances of parties |
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