This article lists political parties in Peru.

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

has a

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with several

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competing in legislative elections according to a

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system. As a consequence, it is rare for any single political organization to obtain an absolute majority in the

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, thus, these parties often work with each other to form

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Parties represented in Congress

Other parties

All for Peru All for Peru ( es, Todos por el Perú, TPP), previously named National Coordinator of Independents ( es, Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes, CNI) was a centrist Peruvian political party. Founded as a party aimed at gathering independent pol ...

Agricultural People's Front of Peru The Agricultural People's Front of Peru ( es, Frente Popular Agrícola del Perú; FREPAP) is an agrarian political party in Peru, founded in 1989 by Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal. The party had 42,083 members in 2020. History Ezequiel Ataucusi G ...

* Christian Peoples' Party *

Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland) Several different far-left-oriented organizations in Peru refer to themselves as communist (''comunista'') parties, movements, organizations, groups, etc. Some are still active, under their original or other appellation, some have merged or spl ...

Communist Party of Peru (Marxist-Leninist) Several different far-left-oriented organizations in Peru refer to themselves as communist (''comunista'') parties, movements, organizations, groups, etc. Some are still active, under their original or other appellation, some have merged or spli ...

(Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag) * Contigo *

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* The Broad Front for Justice, Life and Freedom * Green Alternative Ecologist Party of Peru * Let's Go Peru *

National Victory National Victory ( es, Victoria Nacional, VN), is a Peruvian political party. Founded in late-2020, the party is the successor of the former National Restoration (Peru), National Restoration Party, founded and led by former evangelical pastor Humb ...

* National United Renaissance *

Peru Nation Peru Action ( es, Perú Acción, PN) (previously Peru Nation ( es, Perú Nación, PN) is a minor Centre-right politics, centre-right Peruvian political party. History Founded in November 2015 by former congressman Francisco Diez Canseco Táva ...

Peruvian Aprista Party The Peruvian Aprista Party ( es, Partido Aprista Peruano, PAP) () is a Peruvian political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) by Víctor Raúl Haya de l ...

Peruvian Communist Party The Peruvian Communist Party ( es, Partido Comunista Peruano, abbr. PCP) is a communist party in Peru that was founded in 1928 by José Carlos Mariátegui, under the name Peruvian Socialist Party (, PSP). The party changed its name in 1930. In ...

Peruvian Democratic Party The Peruvian Democratic Party (Spanish: ''Partido Demócrata Peruano'', PDP) is a Peruvian political party founded on 26 June 2006 by former Union for Peru (UPP) members following differences within the party. Elected Congress members Carlos T ...

Peruvian Nationalist Party Peruvian Nationalist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista Peruano;'' PNP) is a center-left to left-wing political party in Peru. History The Nationalist Party had as its antecedent the Peruvian Nationalist Movement. The party was originally ...

Peru Secure Homeland Peru Secure Homeland ( es, Perú Patria Segura) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right Peruvian political party founded on 26 September 2013 by former members of the defunct Cambio 90, founded by former President Alberto Fujimori in 1990. Hi ...

Sí Cumple Sí Cumple (approximate translation: "Keep Promises" or "He Delivers"), until 2005 called Let's Go Neighbor ( es, link=yes, Vamos Vecino, VV), was a political party of Peru founded by Alberto Fujimori in 1998 in order for the party to participate ...

Union for Peru Union for Peru ( es, Unión por el Perú) was a Peruvian political party founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, an ex- UN Secretary General, in 1994 to run for the Presidency of Peru in the 1995 general elections. Originally a social democratic pa ...

Historical political parties

Civilista Party The Civilista Party ( es, Partido Civil, PC) was a political party in Peru. History Founded as a countermeasure against the growing power of the military in Peru during the first half of the Republic, the party's sole purpose was to establish a ...

(''Partido Civil'') * Decentralist Party * Decentralist Party of the South * Democrat Party *

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(''Partido Demócrata'') * Democratic Vanguard Party * Independent Civil Party * Labour Party of Peru *

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(''Partido Liberal del Perú'') * National Alliance * National Civic Union * National Union (''Unión Nacional'') * National Party (''Partido Nacional'') * National Integration Party * National Renewal Movement *

Nationalist Party of Peru (Eguiguren) Nationalist Party of Peru (in Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista del Perú'') was a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1933 by Luis Antonio Eguiguren Luis Antonio Eguiguren Escudero (July 21, 1887 in Piura – August 15, 1967 in Lima) wa ...

Nationalist Party of Peru (Revilla) Nationalist Party of Peru (in Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista del Perú'') was a political party in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great ...

* Odriíst National Union (''Unión Nacional Odriísta'') * Peruvian Democratic Union * Regionalist National Party of the Centre * Republican Party of Peru * Revolutionary Democratic Action * Revolutionary Vanguard (Politico-Military) * Urban Rural Trade Unionist Party of Peru

Former Coalitions

* Popular Action- Christian Democracy Alliance (''Alianza Acción Popular-Democracia Cristiana'') * APRA-UNO Coalition (''Coalición APRA-UNO'') * United Left (''Izquierda Unida'') * Democratic Convergence (''Convergencia Democrática'') * Socialist Left (''Socialist Left'') * Democratic Front (''Frente Democrático'', FREDEMO) *

Peru 2000 Peru 2000 ( es, Perú 2000, link=Yes) was a Peruvian right-wing political alliance that fielded candidates for the 2000 general elections. Alberto Fujimori and his political allies ran on the Peru 2000 ticket in which, Fujimori was triumphant in ...

(''Perú 2000'') *

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(''Unidad Nacional'') * Alliance for the Future (''Alianza por el Futuro'') *

Center Front The Centre Front (Spanish: ''Frente de Centro,'' FC), was a Peruvian political coalition formed by the parties Acción Popular (AP), Somos Perú (PDSP) and Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes (CNI) for the 2006 national election. Its leade ...

(''Frente de Centro'') * Decentralization Coalition (''Concertación Descentralista'') *

Alliance for the Great Change The Alliance for the Great Change—PPK ( es, Alianza por el Gran Cambio – PPK) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election to promote the presidential candidacy of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ("PPK"). Constituent Partie ...

(''Alianza por el Gran Cambio'') *

Possible Peru Alliance The Possible Peru Electoral Alliance ( es, Alianza Electoral Perú Posible) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election, dominated by the eponymous party Possible Peru and led by presidential candidate and ex-president ...

(''Alianza Electoral Perú Posible'') * Popular Alliance (''Alianza Popular'') *

Alliance for the Progress of Peru The Alliance for the Progress of Peru ( es, Alianza para el Progreso del Perú) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2016 general election, dominated by the eponymous party Alliance for Progress and led by former Governor of La Libe ...

(''Alianza para el Progreso del Perú'') *

National Solidarity Alliance The National Solidarity Alliance ( es, Alianza Solidaridad Nacional, ASN) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election, dominated by the eponymous National Solidarity Party and led by presidential candidate Luis Castañ ...

(''Alianza Solidaridad Nacional'')

Armed rebel groups

Shining Path The Shining Path ( es, Sendero Luminoso), officially the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a communist Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the gro ...

(also known as ''Partido Comunista del Perú – Sendero Luminoso'') *

Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ( es, Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru, abbreviated MRTA) was a Peruvian Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla group which started in the early 1980s. Their self-declared g ...

(''Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru'') * Revolutionary Left Movement (''Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria'')

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