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Weekly Report - 11 October 2018 (WR-18-40)

PERU: National parties pummelled in regional elections

Regional and municipal elections on 7 October confirmed the atomisation of Peruvian politics, a trend in evidence since 2006. Established national parties were for the most part vanquished in the contests for the 25 regional governments by local movements fielding caudillos, often espousing anti-system views, as well as many of the mayoral contests in the 196 provinces (into which each region is subdivided), and 1,875 districts. The mayoralty of Lima, won by Jorge Muñoz of the centrist Acción Popular (AP), was the most obvious exception to the rule. The right-wing Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas), the dominant force in congress, was hammered at the polls, underlining its loss of popularity.

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