Peru’s electoral authority is requiring a significant payment from the Fuerza Popular political party to access voter lists from the 2021 presidential election, a move the party claims hinders transparency. The ONPE, Peru’s National Office of Electoral Processes, is demanding over 17 million soles – roughly $4.7 million USD – for certified copies of the lists.
Keiko Fujimori, the leader of Fuerza Popular and a presidential candidate in 2021, described the fee as “audacious.” “We regret three things,” Fujimori said. “First, that it has taken 5 years to supposedly have access to a document that should be public. Second, the information we could have access to is incomplete. And third, It’s unheard of that to find the truth and have transparent information, the party is asked to pay 17 million soles. What we have is impossible for us.”
Fuerza Popular issued a statement on social media protesting the cost, and the ONPE recently communicated to the public that it would comply with a recent ruling by the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, which ordered the agency to provide the voter information to the party.
The ONPE indicated the information would be delivered “in digital format… in the shortest possible time.” However, the agency noted that the physical copies would amount to approximately 2.5 million pages, each requiring certification, resulting in the over 17 million soles charge, which the court ruling stipulates must be paid by Fuerza Popular.
The party responded with “its firmest protest” to what it called “conditions imposed for access to key information about the last elections,” including the “economic barrier of more than 17 million soles to access said information.”
“Transparency should not have a price,” Fuerza Popular stated. “We reject the idea of being forced to pay as if knowing the truth were a fine.”
Fuerza Popular expresa su protesta frente a las condiciones impuestas para el acceso a la información clave sobre las últimas elecciones. pic.twitter.com/K3srX6VDnW
— Partido Político Fuerza Popular (@FuerzaPopular__) March 21, 2026
Fuerza Popular rejects exclusion of data in requested information
The party, led by Keiko Fujimori, also deemed it “unacceptable” that access to the requested information remains limited. The dispute comes as Fuerza Popular continues to allege electoral fraud in the 2021 election, claims that have not been substantiated in court or by a congressional commission.
According to the ONPE, the voter lists contain “sensitive data” of citizens – including full names, national ID numbers, signatures, and fingerprints – and making this information public would violate Peru’s Data Protection Law. The agency announced it would “anonymize” the data – through redaction or suppression – before releasing the lists, as required by law.
However, Fuerza Popular indicated that the information being offered is “partial, excluding data that reduces the possibility of effective citizen control.”
On Thursday, March 20, 2026, the Second Specialized Constitutional Court of Lima ordered the ONPE to provide the party with lists covering a total of 18,856,802 voters. The court’s ruling stipulates that the photographs, handwritten signatures, and fingerprints of citizens must be removed from the data.
The legal action stems from Fuerza Popular’s narrative regarding alleged electoral fraud against Keiko Fujimori in the second round of the 2021 general elections.
