2020 Peruvian parliamentary election

On 30 September 2019, the President of the Council of Ministers, Salvador del Solar, set forth a vote of confidence before the Congress for refusing to pass a bill that modified the election process of judges of the Constitutional Court. The vote of confidence sought to stop the election of magistrates, modify the Organic Law of the Constitutional Court and the designation of the tribunes. However, the Plenary Session of Congress decided to continue with the election of magistrates, and ignored the vote of confidence presented by Del Solar. President Martín Vizcarra considered this a vote of no confidence in his Cabinet,[2] and proceeded with the dissolution of Congress and the call for new elections according to Article 134 of the constitution:[3]

The President of the Republic is empowered to dissolve the Congress if it has censured or voted down two Councils of Ministers.

130 members were elected to the Congress of Peru for the remainder of the 2016–2021 term

The decree of dissolution also called for new congressional elections to replace the existing congress.[4] Under the law, elections are to be held within four months of the date of dissolution, without altering the pre-existing electoral system, and the Congress cannot be dissolved in the last year of the congressional term, which would be 2021. Once the Congress is dissolved, the Permanent Congressional Committee, which cannot be dissolved, remains in operation.

The schedule of activities of the congressional elections of Peru of 2020:

The 130 members of Congress are elected in 26 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation. To enter Congress, parties must either cross the 5% electoral threshold at the national level, or win at least seven seats in one constituency. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[5][6]

Party that received the most votes by region

The election was the most divided in Peruvian history, with no party receiving more than 11% of the vote. The Fujimorist Popular Force, the largest party in the previous legislature, lost most of its seats, and the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) had its worst ever election result, failing to win a seat for the first time since before the 1963 elections. New or previously minor parties such as Podemos Perú, the Purple Party and the Agricultural People's Front had good results. Contigo, the successor to former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's Peruvians for Change party, failed to win a seat and received only around 1% of the vote. The result was seen as representative of public support for president Martín Vizcarra's anti-corruption reform proposals.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Popular Action	1,518,171	10.26	25	+20
	Podemos Perú	1,240,716	8.38	11	New
	Agricultural People's Front of Peru	1,240,084	8.38	15	New
	Alliance for Progress	1,178,020	7.96	22	[lower-alpha 2]
	Purple Party	1,095,491	7.40	9	New
	Popular Force	1,081,174	7.31	15	–58
	Union for Peru	1,001,716	6.77	13	New
	Broad Front	911,701	6.16	9	–11
	We Are Peru	895,700	6.05	11	[lower-alpha 2]
	Together for Peru	710,462	4.80	0	New
	Christian People's Party	590,378	3.99	0	0
	Direct Democracy	543,956	3.68	0	0
	Free Peru	502,898	3.40	0	New
	Peruvian Aprista Party	402,330	2.72	0	–5
	Go on Country	373,113	2.52	0	New
	Peru Secure Homeland	350,121	2.37	0	New
	Go Peru	311,413	2.10	0	New
	National United Renaissance	265,564	1.79	0	New
	National Solidarity	221,123	1.49	0	New
	Peru Nation	206,128	1.39	0	New
	Contigo	158,120	1.07	0	New
Total		14,798,379	100.00	130	0
Valid votes		14,798,379	80.56
Invalid/blank votes		3,570,709	19.44
Total votes		18,369,088	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,799,384	74.07
Source: JNE, JNE