2022 Lima municipal election

The 2022 Lima municipal election were held on 2 October 2022, following the convening of regional and municipal elections throughout Peru. Lima residents voted on a list of 40 candidates to replace incumbent Miguel Romero Sotelo whose term ended on 31 December 2022, alongside 39 metropolitan councilpeople. Rafael López Aliaga, leader of Popular Renewal, would be elected mayor of the Lima municipality.

Electoral system
The Metropolitan Municipality of Lima is the administrative and government body of the province of Lima. It is composed of the Metropolitan Mayor, the Provincial Council and the Metropolitan Assembly. The province of Lima is not circumscribed to any regional government in its condition of capital of Peru.

The election of the mayor and the council is carried out based on universal suffrage, which includes all national citizens over eighteen years of age, registered and resident in Lima and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as non-citizens nationals residing and registered in the province. There is no immediate reelection of the office of mayor.

The Provincial Council of Lima is made up of 39 councillors elected by direct suffrage for a period of four (4) years, jointly with the election of the Metropolitan Mayor. Voting is by closed list. Seats are allocated to the winning list according to the d'Hondt method or half plus one.

Declined to run

 * Richard Acuña – Alliance for Progress
 * Ricardo Belmont – Free Peru
 * Sergio Tejada – Together for Peru
 * César Combina – Popular Force
 * Edde Cuéllar – Popular Action
 * Jorge Quintana – Popular Action
 * Javier Combe – Popular Action
 * Luis Enrique Gálvez – Popular Action
 * Zenaida Solís – Purple Party