N°2 www.infogob.com.pe newsletter September 2009 Get to know which districts showed the Get to know which mayors were re-elected Learn which other Metropolitan Lima highest and lowest percentage of women candidates in the 2006 municipal elections. which are the most present political www.infogob.com.pe P2 organizations in the province. P3 P4 LIMA Editorial METROPOLITAN Centralism is one of the deepest causes of social inequality and oblivion for many institutions. credibility of our fragile political system. However, it is even more alarming to see that many of the political phenomena we identify in such remote and extremely poor places with no presence of political parties or the States are also present in many of the 42 districts that make-up Lima’s metropolitan area. The minimum value given to women’s political participation (in many cases they have the last places in the list), the high political representation turnover (in only 4 years a party can lose more than 50% of their mayors) or the so-called turn-coats (authorities that have been elected for more and situations. What produces this similarity in spite of the huge The weak party system, the absence of internal democracy in political organizations and the lack of voter commitment with their decisions explain these and other questions concerning our democratic system and the country’s future. Certainly, it is well known that whoever wishes to win a national election will need to have great presence and acceptance in Lima, since Peru’s capital groups more than one third of voters in the country. District Mayors: 42 METROPOLITAN District Councils Members: 402 This piece of information about the elections should also be LIMA used as a test lab of good political practices which should be Capital: Lima sustainable and replicable, prioritizing party strengthening, Population: 7,605,742 and democratic processes for candidate election -with Number of districts: 42 gender-equity and vulnerable group protection- as well as ethical principles in public management if candidates reach power. If almost all the conditions for development under democratic premises already exist in Lima, what are political parties waiting to José Luis Echevarría Escribens National Director of Electoral Control and Processes INFOgob was the winner of the 2009 Award on Good Practices in Public Management www.infogob.com.pe METROPOLITAN LIMA OBSERVE YOUR LOCALITY Ancón 1 Independencia 11 Puente Piedra 24 Ate 2 Jesús María 12 Punta Hermosa 25 Barranco 3 La Molina 13 Punta Negra 26 RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL Breña 4 La Victoria 14 Rímac 27 Carabayllo 5 Lince 15 San Bartolo 28 Chaclacayo 6 2 Los Olivos 16 San Borja 29 3 Chorrillos 7 Lurigancho-Chosica 17 San Isidro 30 RENOVACION NACIONAL Cieneguilla 8 Lurín 18 San Juan de Lurigancho 31 Comas 9 Magdalena del Mar 19 San Juan de Miraores 32 El Agustino 10 Miraores 20 San Luis 33 1 Pachacámac 21 San Martín de Porres 34 Pucusana 22 San Miguel 35 Pueblo Libre 23 Santa Anita 36 Santa María del Mar 37 Santa Rosa 38 2 Santiago de Surco 39 5 Surquillo 40 38 Villa el Salvador 41 RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL Villa María del Triunfo 42 24 17 9 16 6 31 34 11 2 Political organization symbols 27 10 36 Alianza Electoral Unidad Nacional Cercado 8 Partido Aprista Peruano 4 14 33 23 12 Partido Democrático Somos Perú 35 15 29 19 30 13 Restauración Nacional RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL 40 20 Siempre Unidos 39 Conanza Perú 3 32 42 21 3 Democracia con Valores 7 2 La Fuerza Vecinal de Chaclacayo 41 2 Organización Política Local Distrital Santa Rosa Unida 18 Perú Posible Renovación Nacional RENOVACION NACIONAL 25 Women Candidates in Metropolitan Lima 26 The map shows which districts have the lowest and highest percentage of women candidates with a winning option in the list of candidates for council member in the 42 District Councils of Metropolitan Lima during the 2006 Regional and Municipal Elections. 28 Political Organization Presence Alianza Electoral Unidad Nacional holds 27 of the 42 district municipalities in Metropolitan RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL 2 Lima and is thus the rst electoral force in that province. The space obtained by said alliance in 37 connection with the 2002 municipal process clearly aects the positioning of Partido RENOVACION NACIONAL 3 Democrático Somos Perú, which was the rst electoral force in the 2003 to 2006 term with 17 municipalities. District Mayor Approval Level There are 8 districts where district mayors were elected with more than 50% of valid ballots. 22 Coincidentally, in almost every case, mayors were re-elected for a second consecutive period except for Miraores. Re-elected Mayors and Political Organizations As the map shows, out of 42 district mayors, 17 were re-elected in the 2006 Regional and Municipal Elections in Metropolitan Lima. Out of these, 58.82% of mayors ran for oce in the 2002 and 2006 elections for the same Placed in the candidate list with greater possibilities political group ( ), while 51.18% were re-elected while running for dierent political organizations ( ). for access to a council position if the list becomes the winner. More information at www.infogob.com.pe Mil The successful TV series producer of “Al fondo hay sitio”, Efraín Aguilar, has been a councilman in Metropolitan Lima for Alianza Electoral Unidad Nacional since 2002. Seven years in a row! dialogue? Lack of Diálogo Vecinal got 550,401 ballots in the Lima Province Election in 2002. It achieved the third place. However, P4 the same political organization only got 16,178 ballots in the 2006 Regional lostand 534,223Municipal votes Elections from andone held the 11th position. It election to the other! The Youngest The youngest councilwoman in Metropolitan Lima is Liz Torres Gutarra, who ran under Alianza Electoral Unidad Nacional for one of the18 years 11 old. council positions in the district of Independencia. She was elected when she was only This publication has been edited by: LEGAL DEPOSIT AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY JURADO NACIONAL DE ELECCIONES OF PERU N° 2009-10516 Av. 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