Second regional election called for December 6 in fifteen regions

The Executive Branch called for the Second Regional Election 2026 for Sunday, December 6, 2026, in all constituencies where no governor and vice-governor ticket reached 30% of the valid votes in the elections of October 4. The decision was formalized through Supreme Decree No. 150-2026-PCM, published in the Official Gazette El Peruano on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 (Year XLIII, No. 19630, p. 4). Consequently, approximately fifteen regions must return to the polls in just over three weeks.

The regulation bears the signature of the President of the Republic, Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi, and is countersigned by the President of the Council of Ministers, Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde; it was issued at the Government House on November 10, 2026. Its legal basis is numeral 5 of article 118 of the Political Constitution of Peru, Law No. 29158, Organic Law of the Executive Branch, and article 5 of Law No. 27683, Law of Regional Elections, which requires no less than 30% of the valid votes to proclaim a ticket and provides for a second election within 30 calendar days following the proclamation of the official counts.

The immediate precedent is Supreme Decree No. 001-2026-PCM, published on January 7, 2026, which called for the 2026 Regional and Municipal Elections for Sunday, October 4. According to the recitals of the new decree, the president of the National Jury of Elections sent Official Letter No. 528-2026-P/JNE and Report No. 000323-2026-SG/JNE, which report fifteen regions without a winning ticket and request the call for December 6.

Rules of the new electoral day

Article 1 of the decree provides for calling the Second Election in the 2026 Regional Elections process to elect governors and vice-governors in the constituencies where no ticket reached the legal threshold, according to the official counts of October 4.

• Only the two tickets with the highest votes in each constituency participate.
• The ticket that obtains a simple majority of valid votes is proclaimed elected.
• The legal deadline to hold the second election is 30 calendar days from the proclamation of the official counts.
• Supreme Decree No. 150-2026-PCM consists of two articles: the call for elections and the countersignature, handled by the President of the Council of Ministers.

Fifteen regions, a complex electoral operation

The magnitude of the process was previously warned by the electoral bodies. The National Jury of Elections, through an agreement of the Plenary on October 7, 2026, set December 6 as the date for the day and changed the previously planned date of November 29, considering that the number of constituencies with a second election could exceed that of previous processes and require a greater logistical margin.

That same day, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) published two complementary chief resolutions. Chief Resolution No. 000168-2026-JN/ONPE extended the validity of excuses for the position of polling station member and justifications for absence granted in the October elections to the Second Regional Election 2026, and set deadlines for new requests: five business days for excuses, counted from the publication of the proclamation of results, and up to five calendar days before the election day to justify absences.

Communication campaign and deadlines for voters

Chief Resolution No. 000169-2026-JN/ONPE approved the Media Plan for the communication campaign “Second Regional Election 2026”, version 00, managed by the organization’s Information and Electoral Education Management.

• The campaign will be executed between November 26 and December 6, 2026, although its duration could vary if necessary.
• Its objectives are to convene and motivate the participation of voters and polling station members, promote conscious and responsible voting, and disseminate timely information about the process.
• Both resolutions were signed by Bernardo Juan Pachas Serrano, acting head of ONPE, on November 9, 2026, in Lima.

The call also applies to citizens who must serve as polling station members: Article 64 of Law No. 26859, Organic Law of Elections, establishes that these are the same individuals elected in the first round, without the need for a new draw.

Impact on the electorate

The publication of Supreme Decree No. 150-2026-PCM ends the stage of uncertainty regarding the date and enables the definitive schedule for the regional second round: in fifteen regions, nearly half of the territory, voters will once again decide between the two most voted formulas in a day that will define governors and vice-governors for the 2027-2030 period. The deadlines for excuses and justifications for polling station members run from the official publication, so the citizens involved must verify their status with ONPE.

Source: Official Gazette El Peruano, No. 19630, November 11, 2026, Legal Norms section, p. 4 (official reference: D.S. No. 150-2026-PCM).