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N°4 www.infogob.com.pe Newsletter November 2009 More information at Get to know which type of political organizations Get to know the political scenario of the Sama Get to know other information on Tacna Region www.infogob.com.pe increased and decreased their participation in the district, its main leaders and the electoral events of by visiting www.infogob.com.pe 2006 Regional and Municipal Elections. the past 14 years. P2 P3 P4 ? Out of Place Editorial The Government Plan of Alianza por Tacna for the In this issue of INFOgob Newsletter, we analyze the electoral behavior of Tacna, Candarave province proposes as one of its policies: “to based on quantitative data on political organizations’ participation in 2006 regional and municipal electoral processes, which showed some di erences oversee the defense of Grau’s sea”. This province, from 2002 regional and municipal elections. however, belongs to Tacna’s highlands and has no access to the sea. The political participation rights enable citizens to collectively form political organizations (parties, movements, electoral alliances, local political organizations with province or district scope); and, through them, they may be candidates for public positions chosen by popular voting or polls to elect their political options. This implies the citizens’ faculty to collaborate with others in order to channel the council the popular will which is fragmented due to political pluralism Towards TACNA and society diversity.

P4 The current mayor of the District Municipality of Political fragmentation a ects electoral o er and demand. In Palca, Aureliano Gutiérrez Ayca, states in his the rst case, it increases the number of organizations and candidates participating in the election; in the second, it résumé that he used to work as driver there. Number raises the needs submitted as demand by electorate sectors, Minimum as well as vote dispersion. The greater the fragmentation, the larger the number of options competing for power, the greater the e ort to coordinate interests to reach consensus, and the harder to obtain a solid support (input legitimacy) in voting. In the Sitajara district, only 62 signatures were required to make the 2008-2009 authorities At 2006 regional and municipal elections, Tacna saw a revocation consultation valid. reduction of electoral o er (the number of local, district and province political organizations and candidates fell). Although Law No. 28094, Law of Political Parties of year 2003 established new formalities to obtain the registration and authorization to participate in elections, electoral results showed a clear preference for movements (with Province Mayors: 4 regional scope) that have a more comprehensive Province Council Members: 26 perspective than other sub-regional political organizations. District Mayors: 23 District Council Members: 123 TACNA If this trend persists, movements may consolidate as a tting model to coordinate sub-regional interests (local and District Mayors: 42 REGION,METROPOLITAN provincial), which in turn would discourage the creation of District Councils Members: 402 Capital: Tacna province and district scope political organizations that increase Population:LIMA 288,781 fragmentation. The competition between lower numbers of NumberCapital: Limaof Provinces: 4 forces would reduce vote dispersion and the number of excluded votes that have no value for building political representation in Population: 7,605,742 such scopes, facilitating their political coordination. Number of districts: 42 The situation of Tacna, with Infogob data, invites to study the This publication has been participation of political organizations in the regional circumscription edited by: of each election and, based on the uctuation of o er and demand recorded in the diverse processes, to reect if interaction of such organizations may lead to a better selection of preferences and a better political representation at the sub-national scope.

LEGAL DEPOSIT AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY JURADO NACIONAL DE ELECCIONES Virgilio Isaac Hurtado Cruz OF PERU N° 2009-10516 Av. Nicolás de Piérola 1070 - Lima 1 Professor of the Electoral Systems, held at the School of Political Science of Universi- dad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, and the Electoral Law course held at the School INFOgob was the winner of the 2009 Award GENERALITAT VALENCIANA PRINTED BY INDUSTRIA GRÁFICA CIMAGRAF S.R.L. www.jne.gob.pe of Law of Universidad de San Martín de Porres. CONSELLERIA D´IMMIGRACIÓ I CIUTADANIA on Good Practice in Public Management Jr. Torres Paz N°1252 Urb. Santa Beatriz , Lima - Perú Contact us: [email protected] TACNA REGION www.infogob.com.pe

OBSERVE YOUR LOCALITY Pocollay

POSITIONING OF REGIONAL MOVEMENTS SAMA: Sama district in the Tacna province is one of the BETWEEN HISTORICAL AND 3 districts of the Tacna Region where the New Pachia Municipal Elections 2009 took place, because In the district scope, TACNA REGION: DISTRICT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS over one-third of the members of the district

participation levels of PARTICIPATING LISTS, PER DISTRICT AND TYPE Quilahuani EMERGING LEADERSHIPS Susapaya council were revoked in the Popular OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION Palca

political organization in 2006 Sama Consultation for Municipal Authorities Mandate

Coronel Gregorio Ticaco Albarracin Lanchipa Sitajara

Regional and Municipal Heroes AlbarracinHuanuara Revocation 2008, including the district’s mayor, Tarucachi

Elections (ERM 2006) were Inclan Mr. Wilson Bertolotto Ticona. Ilabaya considerably reduced when Ite

compared to the number of Estique Pampa Bertolotto was appointed Sama’s mayor in the organizations that electoral processes of 1995, 1998, 2002 and NACIONAL participated in the electoral Ciudad Nueva 2006, and subject to popular consultation for process of 2002. Particularly revocation twice. Its closest contender during Estique REGIONAL 2002 and 2006 Regional and Municipal Elections reduced were the lists Curibaya was Eduardo Fuentes, who obtained the submitted by political PROVINCIAL position of district mayor during the organizations of province Complementary Municipal Elections of 2005 and and district scope, as seen Camilaca DISTRITAL in the New Complementary Elections of 2009. below. Calana Below, a chronology of the electoral processes Cairani of the Sama district since 1995 is shown. It 0 4 8 12 16 20 2002 evidences not only a marked support to P2 Alto De La Alianza Alto De La Alianza Bertolotto, but also the beginning of a dispute P3 20 16 12 8 4 0 Cairani between him and Eduardo Fuentes, who has Calana been the only elected mayor di erent from Bertolotto in the past 14 years, and who has As a consequence of this marked decrease, provincial organizations were unsuccessful in 2006 been able to signicantly increase the each district of the Region, losing the presence attained in 2002 Municipal and Regional Camilaca percentage of valid votes obtained in electoral Elections (ERM 2002), where they were able to position themselves over district, regional processes where he has participated, posing a and national scope organizations. In turn, regional movements increase their presence, and Curibaya risk to the former mayor’s historical leadership. won in 11 of 23 districts of the Tacna Region, as compared to the 4 districts in which they Estique PampaEstique won in ERM 2002. Ciudad Nueva Heroes Albarracin Coronel Gregorio Albarracin Lanchipa

Sama Ite

TACNA REGION: DISTRICT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2002 AND 2006. Ilabaya Huanuara Tarucachi Inclan WINNING POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS, PER TYPE. Sitajara

Quilahuani Palca

Ticaco Susapaya TACNA REGION: CHRONOLOGY OF ELECTORAL PROCESSES IN THE Source: INFOgob Database 10 SAMA DISTRICT SINCE 1995. Prepared by: JNE Registry, Statistics and Technological Development

8 7 Pachia 11 All members of the

Pocollay district council are The list of Tacna Unida subject to revocation independent regional consultation. movement, led by Bertolotto is NOT Bertolotto, wins. revoked, but, as all Fuentes’ lists places Bertolotto is district council second, with a Bertolotto is elected re-elected for the Bertolotto is members are, di erence of 7 votes. district mayor of Sama Fuerza y Desarrollo re-elected as mayor, Complementary Eduardo Fuentes is Bertolotto is revoked, Eduardo Fuentes is with 57.30% of valid political organization the list led by Fuentes Municipal Elections elected as mayor with together with two elected as mayor for 4 4 votes. with 43.03% of valid ended in second are called. 58% of valid votes. council members of the Partido Aprista EVENTS votes. place. the district council. Peruano.

CHRONOLOGY 1995 1998 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2 0 ELECTORAL Municipal Elections 1995 Municipal Elections 1998 Regional and Municipal Popular Consultation Complementary Regional Popular Consultation New Municipal PROCESS Elections 2002 for Revocation Municipal Elections and for Revocation Elections 2009 NACIONAL REGIONAL DISTRITAL PROVINCIAL of Municipal Authorities 2005 Municipal Elections of Municipal Mandate 2004 2006 Authorities 2002 2006 2002 2006 2006 2002 2006 2002 Mandate 2008 N°4 www.infogob.com.pe Newsletter November 2009 More information at Get to know which type of political organizations Get to know the political scenario of the Sama Get to know other information on Tacna Region www.infogob.com.pe increased and decreased their participation in the district, its main leaders and the electoral events of by visiting www.infogob.com.pe 2006 Regional and Municipal Elections. the past 14 years. P2 P3 P4 ? Out of Place Editorial The Government Plan of Alianza por Tacna for the In this issue of INFOgob Newsletter, we analyze the electoral behavior of Tacna, Candarave province proposes as one of its policies: “to based on quantitative data on political organizations’ participation in 2006 regional and municipal electoral processes, which showed some di erences oversee the defense of Grau’s sea”. This province, from 2002 regional and municipal elections. however, belongs to Tacna’s highlands and has no access to the sea. The political participation rights enable citizens to collectively form political organizations (parties, movements, electoral alliances, local political organizations with province or district scope); and, through them, they may be candidates for public positions chosen by popular voting or polls to elect their political options. This implies the citizens’ faculty to collaborate with others in order to channel the council the popular will which is fragmented due to political pluralism Towards TACNA and society diversity.