The Peruvian electoral system has as its mission the planning, organization and execution of elections in Peru

Elections in Peru

In Peru, the people directly elect a head of state as well as a legislature. The president is elected by the people for a five year term...

, as well as keeping a civil registry

Civil registry

Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital events of its citizens and residents. The resulting repository or database is called civil register or registry, or population registry. The primary purpose of civil registration is to create legal documents that are used to...

. As defined by the Constitution

Constitution of Peru

The Constitution of Peru is the supreme law of Peru. The current constitution, enacted on December 31, 1993, is Peru's fifth in the 20th century and replaced the 1979 Constitution....

 it comprises the following institutions:

• National Jury of Elections (JNE): in charge of overseeing the legality of elections
• National Office of Electoral Processes
  National Office of Electoral Processes
  The National Office of Electoral Processes is the body in charge of organizing elections in Peru. Created in 1993, during the government of Alberto Fujimori, it is headquartered in the Jesús María District in Lima...
  
   (ONPE): in charge of organizing elections
• National Registry of Identification and Civil Status
  National Registry of Identification and Civil Status
  The National Registry of Identification and Civil Status is an autonomous constitutional body of the State of Peru. Its role is to maintain the records of births, marriages, divorces and deaths in the country, as well as of the suffrage eligibility and registration...
  
   (RENIEC): in charge of maintaining a civil registry, as well as record of suffrage eligibility and registration

Elections are held through direct universal suffrage

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...

, voting is compulsory

Compulsory voting

Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines, community service, or perhaps imprisonment if fines are unpaid...

 for citizens age eighteen through seventy. Members of the Armed Forces and the Police are not allowed to vote or be elected.

External links

JNE official site ONPE official site RENIEC official site