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Source: INFOGOB
I. General Data • Piura has a territory extension of 35,892 kms2 and is located in the northwestern of
Peru. It borders Ecuador and Tumbes to the north, Lambayeque to the south, Cajamarca to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
• According to the National Statics Institute (INEI) in the last national census (2007), Piura population is 1,665,101 people, representing the 5.9% of the national population.
• The department of Piura is divided into eight provinces and 56 districts. Its population is
mainly urban: 74.09% of the population lives in urban areas and 25.91% in rural areas.
• According to INFOGOB (08/21/2009), the electoral population of Piura is 1,053,558 people and approximately representing 5.54% of the total electoral population of Peru (INEI).
Table 1 – Provinces of Piura
Province Electoral Population Electoral Weight Talara 86,395 8.20% Sullana 193,698 18.38% Paita 65,999 6.26% Piura 430,319 40.84%
Ayabaca 69,172 6.56% Morropon 109,165 10.36% Sechura 34,841 3.30%
Huancabamba 63,969 6.07% Total 1,053,558 100%
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II. Economic data According to the INEI, in 2007, Piura produced S/. 6,402,971 thousand soles; representing 3.67% of the National GDP. Piura’s main economic activities are: Manufacturing (20.81%), commerce (16.37%), agriculture (9.80%), transport and communications (8.05%), governmental services (6.13%). III. Electoral data – results 2006
A. Congress
Piura is represented by six Congress members from different political groups; three of those are women.
Table 2 – Congress members Piura
Congress Member Political Group # Votes
Jhony Peralta Cruz Partido Aprista Peruano 39,757
Miguel Guevara Trelles Partido Aprista Peruano 27,169 Jose Carrasco Tavara Partido Aprista Peruano 20,241 Marisol Espinoza Cruz Union por el Peru 14,101 Rosa Venegas Mello1 Union por el Peru 13,942
Fabiola Morales Castillo Unidad Nacional 13,597
B. Regional Government
Piura’s Regional President, Cesar Trelles Lara, is from the political party called Partido Aprista Peruano. His roster was elected with 175,527 votes, representing the 24.71% of valid votes in the regional elections in 2006, in which seven political groups presented their candidatures for regional presidency.
Table 3 – Candidate/Votes Results to the Regional Presidency of Piura in 2006
Candidate Organization Type % Valid Votes
Cesar Trelles Lara Partido Aprista Peruano Political Party 24.71 %Javier Fernando Miguel
Atkins Lerggios Movimiento Regional
Obras + Obras Regional Movement 22.16 %
Juan Cesar Castagnino Lema Alianza Electoral Unidad
Nacional Political Alliance 20.75 %
Isaias Abrahan Vasquez Moran
Movimiento de Desarrollo Local
Regional Movement 12.17 %
1 Rosa Venegas left the party and joint the Parliamentary Special Group.
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Candidate Organization Type % Valid Votes
Maximiliano Ruiz Rosales Partido Nacionalista
Peruano Political Party 10.85 %
Jose Alfonso Neira Arismendiz
Agro Si Regional Movement 5.84 %
Gabriel Gerardo Rodriguez Arambulo
Alianza Para el Progreso Political Party 3.52 %
The regional council in Piura has ten seats and the sixty six percent (66.6%) of seats belong to the mayor’s party.
Table 4 – Distribution of Seats in Piura Regional Council
Political Organization # Seats Partido Aprista Peruano 7
Movimiento Regional Obras +Obras 1 Unidad Nacional 1
Movimiento de Desarrollo Local 1 Total 10
C. Province
The capital province of this region is also called Piura. Its Provincial Mayor, Monica Zapata De Castagnino2, is from the regional movement Obras mas Obras. She was elected with the 45.26% of valid votes in the regional elections in 2006, in which ten political groups presented their candidatures for provincial mayoralty.
Table 5 – Candidates/Votes Results to the Provincial Presidency of Piura in 2006
Candidate Organization Type % Valid Votes Monica Zapata De
Castagnino Movimiento Regional
Obras + Obras Regional Movement 45.26%
Luis Alberto Ortiz Granda Partido Aprista
Peruano Political Party 19.22%
Santos Engelberto Zurita Peña
Alianza Electoral Unidad Nacional
Electoral Alliance 10.24 %
Norma Ordinola Ipanaque Partido Nacionalista
Peruano Political Party 6.43 %
Franklin More Espinoza Movimiento de Desarrollo Local
Regional Movement 4.48%
Wilson Colon Abad Flores Alianza Para el
Progreso Political Party 4.35 %
Maximo Edgard Gutierrez Tudela
Union Por el Peru Political Party 4.30%
Manuel Antonio Adrianzen Partido Democratico Political Party 3.44 %
2 The elected mayor was Jose Eugenio Aguilar Santisteban but he died on August 2nd, 2008.
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Candidate Organization Type % Valid Votes De Lama Somos Peru
Meli Rodriguez Saavedra Accion Popular Political Party 1.19 %
Jaime Cuglievan Trint Agrupacion
Independiente SI Cumple
Political Party 1.10 %
The provincial council has sixteen seats; 62.5% this seats belong to the mayor’s party.
Table 6 – Distribution of Seats in Piura Province Council
Political Organization # Seats
Obras + Obras 10 Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP) 3
Unidad Nacional 2 Partido Nacionalista Peruano 1
Total 16 IV. Electoral data – new municipal elections 2009 There was one district that held municipal elections on November 2009 to elect new mayor and municipal councils. In Piura, a total of one political party and two political groups participated in these elections. Political parties took 100% of the municipalities.
Political Parties Political Groups
Province Distrito # Valid Votes
APRA Movimiento
Accion Regional
Movimiento Regional Obras +
Obras Piura El Talan 2180 37.75% 32.39% 29.86% Total valid votes 2180
Summary Participating Won Average Political Parties
1 1 100%
Political Groups
2 0 0%
Total 3 1 100% Source: ONPE
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V. Popular election charges
Piura Regional Level Provincial Level Distrital Level
# of Presidents # of Vice presidents
# of Councilmember for Regional Councils
# of Provincial Mayors
# of councilmember for provincial
councils
# of Distrital Mayors
# of councilmember
for distrital councils
1 1 8 8 90 56 308
Source: INFOGOB (www.infogob.com.pe)
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