This article presents a contribution to the approach when with political parties at the sub-national level. After the political parties crisis of 1989-1993 the Peruvian political system was reconfigured. Within this framework, regional and municipal elections were held (2002-2014) and showed how regional movements became hegemonic electoral actors at the subnational level. However, these elections also exhibited a high party volatility, both for regional and national parties. Thus, the present work seeks to rethink our approach to the Peruvian party system and democratic institutionality, assuming that instability is its essential characteristic and, from this, to understand democratic consolidation under this scenario.

This article presents a contribution to the approach when with political parties at the sub-national level. After the political parties crisis of 1989-1993 the Peruvian political system was reconfigured. Within this framework, regional and municipal elections were held (2002-2014) and showed how regional movements became hegemonic electoral actors at the subnational level. However, these elections also exhibited a high party volatility, both for regional and national parties. Thus, the present work seeks to rethink our approach to the Peruvian party system and democratic institutionality, assuming that instability is its essential characteristic and, from this, to understand democratic consolidation under this scenario.

El voto electrónico presencial es una forma de votar que incorpora en el proceso de votación la presencia de tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones (TIC). La introducción de este tipo de tecnologías implica un cambio radical para el votante cuya elección se realizará por medio de un equipo electrónico y no de una cédula de papel. ¿Cómo reaccionan las personas ante el voto electrónico? ¿Cuáles son sus principales temores? Para responder estas preguntas, el presente artículo recorrerá las principales percepciones, opiniones y temores que tuvieron las personas a la hora de interactuar con esta nueva forma de votación en el Perú.

This article presents a contribution to the approach when with political parties at the sub-national level. After the political parties crisis of 1989-1993 the Peruvian political system was reconfigured. Within this framework, regional and municipal elections were held (2002-2014) and showed how regional movements became hegemonic electoral actors at the subnational level. However, these elections also exhibited a high party volatility, both for regional and national parties. Thus, the present work seeks to rethink our approach to the Peruvian party system and democratic institutionality, assuming that instability is its essential characteristic and, from this, to understand democratic consolidation under this scenario.