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Boundary Delimitation

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BD001

Delimitation of constituencies
Question:Are constituencies delimited for election purposes?
Answer: b. No, existing regional/provincial/other boundaries are used
Comments: The constituencies’ number changes according to the type of election. A single national electoral district is used in presidential and Andean Parliament elections, while for the elections for the Republic’s Congress it is divided into twenty-six electoral districts (according to the multiple electoral district exercise) which correspond to each one of the twenty-four regions, the Constitutional Province of Callao and Lima Provinces.
Source: Constitution: “Constitución Política del Perú”, art. 189: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/PE/peru-constitucion-politica-2019/ ; Electoral Law: “Ley 26859, orgánica de elecciones”, art. 21: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/PE/peru-ley-26859-organica-elecciones-2019/
Verified: 2020/01/28
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BD003

Criteria for drawing boundaries
Question:On what criteria are the boundaries drawn?
Answer(s): d. Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries
f. Communities of interest/cultural concerns
Comments: Three criteria are considered to set the number of representatives from each electoral district: a) Equity, by which one seat is assigned to each electoral district. b) Proportional Distribution, so that the remaining seats are allocated according to the electoral population from each district. C) Direct or Fixed Distribution, meaning that one or more electoral districts are directly assigned with a specific number of seats. Peru’s constituencies can be small, i.e. the Madre de Dios electoral district (one seat); medium, like La Libertad (seven seats); and large, such as Lima (thirty-six seats).
Source: Constitution: “Constitución Política del Perú”, arts. 189 & 190: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/PE/peru-constitucion-politica-2019/ ; Electoral Law: “Ley 26859, orgánica de elecciones”, art. 21: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/PE/peru-ley-26859-organica-elecciones-2019/
Verified: 2020/01/28
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BD005

Body responsible for drawing boundaries
Question:The body responsible for drawing the boundaries is:
Answer(s): a. Legislature (1st chamber)
Comments: The National Jury of Elections [Jurado Nacional de Elecciones] is the body legally responsible for drawing the electoral districts and for establishing the size of those constituencies.
Source: Constitution: “Constitución Política del Perú”, 12th Final Arrangement / 12ª Disposición final: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/PE/peru-constitucion-politica-2019/ ; Electoral Law: “Ley 26859, orgánica de elecciones”, art. 21: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/PE/peru-ley-26859-organica-elecciones-2019/
Verified: 2020/01/28
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