The majority of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic are not new to the electoral board. In fact, of the 35 candidates who will face each other this Sunday, April 12, 28 – 80% – have already run for a popularly elected position before.
The majority of candidates for the Presidency of the Republic are not new to the electoral board. In fact, of the 35 candidates who will face each other this Sunday, April 12, 28 – 80% – have already run for a popularly elected position before.
But the candidates for the highest office of the State were not always consistent in their party ideals. Of the 35 candidates, 25 (71%) have been candidates with two or more different political groups.
The candidate with the most shirt changes is Álex Gonzales, of the Green Democratic Party: in his ten electoral processes he represented ten different organizations.
He is followed by Walter Chirinos, from the Regionalist National Integration Party (PRIN), who ran six times, with six different parties.
The third with the most moves from one group to another is Ricardo Belmont, from Obras. Including the current one, the former mayor of Lima has participated in eight elections, with five different parties.
Look at the details of the electoral processes and parties of each candidate in this table:
The most common position to which current candidates for the Presidency aspired in the past is that of congressman, whether as a deputy, senator, Andean parliamentarian or constituent congressman (52 nominations).
Of the current candidates, nine have already tried for the Presidency in past elections: Rafael López Aliaga (2021), César Acuña (2021), Keiko Fujimori (2011, 2016 and 2021), Ricardo Belmont (1995), Vladimir Cerrón (2016), Yonhy Lescano (2021), Fernando Olivera (2001 and 2016), George Forsyth (2021) and Francisco Diez Canseco (2016). None were successful.
