Monday, April 11, 2011

Peru opens the polls for presidential and legislative elections

Follow the elections in Peru through the twitter of our special envoy, Robert Mur Lima. .- The general elections began today in Peru with the opening of 103,622 polling stations installed in 15,000 schools around the country who guard 77,000 policemen and 45,000 members of the Armed Forces. From 8:00 am local time (13:00 GMT) and 16:00 hours (21:00 GMT), 19.9 million voters go to polls to elect a president, two vice presidents, 130 delegates and 15 representatives to the Andean Parliament.

Favorite candidates for president are the nationalist Ollanta Humala in Peru Win, Keiko Fujimori legislator, Alliance 2011, the former Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the Alliance for the Great Shift and former Alejandro Toledo of Peru Posible, as private polls. As usual, the candidates have invited the press to breakfast which usually have a family and some relatives before going to your polling place.

At that time tend to make a final appeal to voters to go to the polls, because the campaign activities have been suspended since last Thursday, according to electoral law. Of the nearly 20 million voters, six million are young people between 18 and 29, and 358,788 first-time voters in an election in which voting is compulsory and failure to attend was punishable by fines varying according to economic status of the offender.

The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), which organizes the elections, has also set up 3,833 polling stations in 1,054 cities around the world, many of which by the time difference since the elections ended. The ONPE has announced its first report the results of the presidential vote for 20:00 local time (1:00 GMT Monday), but pollsters usually take their first assessments with exit polls polls at 16:00 hours when the polls closed.

During the hours of voting can not sell liquor or can officiate religious services, nor do art shows indoors or outdoors. Similarly, the police can not arrest people unless they are found in the act, to ensure implementation of all of their right to vote. Peruvian elections will be supervised by 198 international observers from the Organization of American States (OAS), as well as civil society organizations and foreign universities.

Peruvians vote in Spain EspañaLas Peruvians called general elections and the Andean Parliament held in Peru have been marked by a high turnout, which was 64% in Barcelona, Madrid although some voters have complained they could not exercise their right to vote. In total, 123,931 Peruvians were eligible to vote at the 600 polling stations authorized in 16 Spanish cities, according to data released by the Embassy of Peru in Spain.

The majority voted in Madrid (67 836 where they were called), the IFEMA fairground and Barcelona (33 787 invited) at the Palau Sant Jordi.

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