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Table of Contents

1.      Introductory remarks
2.      
Executive Summary     
3.      
Peru: Statistical Country Profile     
4.      
The European Observation Mission (EOM)      
5.      
The Political Framework    
6.      
The Legal Framework of Peruvian Elections     
   i)           The Constitutional and Legislative Framework
   ii)          Electoral rights and discriminations
   iii)        The Structure of the Electoral Administration
   iv)         Procedural provisions for the elections
   v)          Media Laws and Regulations

7.       The Pre-Election Phases    
   i)           Performance and co-ordination of the Electoral Agencies
   ii)          Registration of Parties and Candidates
   iii)        Voter and Civic Education
   iv)         Media and the Elections
   v)          The Election Campaign
   vi)         The electoral observation by the European Union Mission
   vii)       Domestic Observation of the Electoral Process

8.       The Events of the Election Days
   i)           General impressions
   ii)          Polling organisation and closing procedures
   iii)        Vote Tally and Tabulation
   iv)         Summary of observations by EU teams on election days

9.       Election results and the Post-Electoral phases
   i)           Contestations and Appeals
   ii)          The General Elections of 8 April and 3 June: Results

10.   Conclusions and Recommendations 
11.   Annexes     

3. Peru: Statistical Country Profile

Geography
Location: Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador.
Geographic co-ordinates: 10 00 S, 76 00 W.
Area: total: 1,285,220 sq. km.
Land boundaries: total: 5,536 km.
Borders with neighbouring countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km.
Coastline: 2,414 km.
Terrain: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in centre (sierra) and south (Altiplano), eastern lowland jungle of ("ceja de la montaña") and Amazon Basin (selva).
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m; highest point: Nevado Huascarán 6,768 m.
Land use: arable land: 3%;
permanent crops: 0%;
permanent pastures: 21% ;
forests and woodland: 66%;
other: 10% (1993 est.).
Irrigated land: 12,800 sq. km (1993 est.).

Population
Total of inhabitants (July 2000 est.) : 27,012,899.
Registered voters: 
2000: 14.567.467 M: 7.263.121 F: 7.304.346
2001: 14.906.233 M: 7.418.365 F: 7.487.868
Rural/urban population (in %):
1940: 64.8 rural 35.4 urban
2000: 27.7 rural 72.3 urban
Age structure (2000, est.):
0-14 years: 35% (male 4,776,074; female 4,628,899) 
15-64 years: 61% (male 8,224,829; female 8,119,751) 
65 years and over: 4% (male 579,465; female 683,881) 
Population growth rate: 1.75% (2000 est.) 
Infant mortality rate: 40.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) 
Net emigration rate: -1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) 
Ethnic groups: Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3% 
Religions: Roman Catholic 90%; growing number of evangelical free churches
Languages: Spanish (official at national level), Quechua, Aymara and other indigenous languages (official at regional level).
Literacy (age 15 and older):
total population: 88.7%; male: 94.5%; female: 83% (1995 est.) 

Economy:
BIP growth (in real terms, %):
1997: 6.7; 1998: -0.4; 1999: 1.4; 2000: 4.
Agriculture: 13.6, PIB; industry: 22; mining: 8,5; construction: 8.9; trade: 14; other tertiary services: 33 (1999).
Foreign debt:
27,460bn USD (3.945 short term obligations);
public sector debt: 19,147bn USD (mid-2000)