Supreme Court of the RepublicPresident Javier Arévalo Vela [es] In Peru, the people directly elect a head of state (the president) as well as a legislature.
Peru has a multi-party system, which effectively bars one party from becoming the sole influence in a decision-making process.
[4] César Acuña and Daniel Urresti received 5.8% and 5.0%, respectively, while the rest of the nominees attained less than 3% of the popular vote.
[8] The Peruvian Nationalist Party of former President Ollanta Humala and National Victory of George Forsyth (who led polling for the presidential election earlier in the year) failed to win seats as well.
[8] Contigo, the successor to former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's Peruvians for Change party, failed to win a seat once again and received less than 1% of the vote.