Some 6 million 892 thousand voters must return to the polls this Sunday, December 4 to participate in the second round of the 2022 Regional Elections, which will be held in 9 regions next Sunday, December 4. As reported by the ONPE (National Office of Electoral Processes), for this process, 23,578 polling stations must be installed in more than 3,477 polling places.
This second election will take place in regions where none of the candidates exceeded the 30% vote threshold required by electoral law. These are: Amazonas, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Lambayeque, Lima provinces, Moquegua, Pasco and Piura.
Can you vote with your expired DNI?
In order to vote, the voter must present their valid National Identity Document (DNI).
Asked if it will be possible to vote with the DNI expired in the second round, Cledy Gutiérrez, an ONPE electoral training specialist, indicated that the respective provision, as occurred in the first round, corresponds to the Reniec (National Registry of Identification and Civil Status). The latter extended until Sunday, October 2, 2022, the validity of ID cards that expire or are about to expire.
Therefore For this second election, a new Reniec provision will be necessary in this regard.
Where to vote in the second round?
The ONPE spokesperson indicated for this process “they will mostly be the same polling places” of the first round.
However, he pointed out that in some cases there will be a change of location. For what reason. She pointed out that It may be because the classrooms are disabled.
“As you know, for the electoral processes, the ONPE goes to educational institutions mainly, public and private, for the loans of these premises and a few this time have not been ceded by their owners.”, he explained.
To confirm the polling place or verify if it has been changed, voters you can go to the following link: consultelectoral.onpe.gob.pe/
You can also contact the phone number: 01 417 0630 to receive this information.
Who will be board members?
Gutierrez explained that If a person was elected as a polling station member in the first round of the 2022 Regional Elections, they will also be elected for the second election.
“The draw that was made for the Regional and Municipal Elections also applies to the second regional election”he stressed.
And he specified that this provision Applies to regular and alternate board members.
Will they receive payment of 120 soles again?
The spokesperson responded that the board members yes they will receive the payment of 120 soles again and detailed that the registration made by people for the first round on the modality to receive said payment will be taken into account.
“In that same record that has been made is that the 120 soles will be deposited, if they participate in the process leading the voting table”, he stressed.
What games go to the second round?
In the following regions there will be a second round as no candidate has exceeded 30% of valid votes, according to the ONPE count in the first round with 100% of the tally sheets processed and accounted for:
Amazon Region
Gilmer Horna (Regional Amazon Sentiment), which obtained 23,922%.
Grimaldo Vásquez Tan (Victoria Amazonense), who obtained 21.997%.
Cajamarca Region
Roger Guevara (We are Peru), who obtained 20,105%.
Andrés Villar Narro (Regional Front of Cajamarca), who obtained 18,896%.
Callao Region
Miguel Cordano (With you Callao), who obtained 28,454%.
Ciro Castillo (Más Callao), who obtained 24,233%.
Cusco Region
Werner Salcedo (We are Peru), who obtained 27,683%.
Edy Cuéllar (Inka Pachakuteq Regional Movement), who obtained 18.968%.
Lambayeque Region
Alexander Rodríguez (Alliance for Progress), which obtained 20,781%.
Jorge Flores (We are Peru), who obtained 19,906%.
Lima Provinces
Rosa Vásquez (Lima Civic Unit), who obtained 27,112%.
José Bautista (Patria Joven), who obtained 19,827%.
Moquegua Region
Jaime Rodríguez (Kausachun), who obtained 28,082%.
Cilia Gutiérrez (We are Peru), who obtained 24,627%.
Pasco Region
Zumel Trujillo (Pasco Verde), who obtained 24,527%.
Juan Chombo (We are Peru), who obtained 21,285%.
Piura Region
Reynaldo Hilbick (Regional Unit), who obtained 24,807%.
Luis Neyra (Contigo Region), who obtained 18,212%.
For the second round there will be no electoral fence, therefore the candidate who obtains the most votes will win.
