The General Elections 2026 in Peru they take place on Sunday, April 12, and more than 27 million citizens were summoned to elect their new authorities for the next five years: a president, two vice presidents, 130 deputies, 60 senators and five Andean parliamentarians.
In this note you can review the ONPE official results of the elections for the Chamber of Deputies in Tacna according to the count of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE).
How will the election of deputies be?
Regarding the deputies, in these elections 130 representatives will be elected, and among their main functions are approving the bills that will later be reviewed by the Senate, in addition to questioning and censuring the ministers of State.
Deputies may also grant or deny the question of confidence raised by ministerial initiative.
According to the National Election Jury, for the distribution of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, a first distribution of 28 seats is made: one seat is granted to each constituency, with the exception of the Peruvians Abroad constituency, to which only two seats are directly assigned.
The other 102 seats in the Chamber of Deputies are distributed proportionally to the number of voters in the other 26 constituencies.
Meanwhile, regarding the election of senators, of the 60 in total, 30 will be chosen by all voters at the national level. The other 30 will be elected in 27 electoral districts: each district will elect one senator, except Metropolitan Lima, which will elect four.
Among the main functions of the senators are approving, modifying or rejecting bills sent by the Chamber of Deputies, as well as electing and appointing high authorities and officials, such as the ombudsman, the comptroller general of the Republic, the magistrates of the Constitutional Court, among others.
