Ollanta Humala of the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) is second with 23 per cent, followed by former president Alan García of the American Revolutionary People’s Alliance (APRA) with 15 per cent, and former head of state Valentín Paniagua of Popular Action (AP) with 12 per cent.

Support is lower for Jaime Salinas of National Justice (JN), Martha Chávez of New Majority (NM), Javier Diez Canseco of the Socialist Party (PS), and Rafael Belaúnde Aubry of Possible Peru (PP).

In two prospective run-off scenarios, Flores Nano holds a 16-point lead over Humala, and a 29-point advantage over García.

In the race for the National Congress, the coalition of the PPC, National Unity (UN) and National Solidarity (SN) is first with 24 per cent, followed by APRA with 17 per cent, and the PNP-Union for Peru (UP) with nine per cent.

Current president Alejandro Toledo won the June 2001 election as the PP nominee over the APRA’s García. Toledo cannot seek a consecutive term in office. The presidential and congressional elections are scheduled for Apr. 6, 2006.

Polling Data

Which of these candidates would you vote for in the presidential election?

Run-Off Scenarios

Lourdes Flores Nano (PPC) 50% - 34% Ollanta Humala (ME)
Lourdes Flores Nano (PPC) 53% - 24% Alan García (APRA)

Which of these parties would you vote for in the congressional election?

Source: Datum Internacional
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,144 Peruvian adults, conducted from Dec. 16 to Dec. 19, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.