Why the electoral count in Peru takes longer than other South American countries

Ecuador, for its part, offers a different scenario, although equally more defined than the Peruvian one. On February 12, 2025, around 9 pm, the National Electoral Council (CNE) reported that the scrutiny of the first round had reached 99.8% of the minutes processed. With that level of progress, it was clear from that same night of the elections that Daniel Noboa and Luisa González would go to the runoff. Although the technical 100% was reached days later and the final results took weeks due to the resolution of observed minutes and legal appeals, political certainty was never in doubt.

Argentina, meanwhile, combines speed in the dissemination of results with more extensive institutional validation. In 2023, the National Electoral Directorate (DINE) announced 76.12% of tables just three hours and twenty minutes after closing and It exceeded 98% before midnight, confirming the passage to the second round of Sergio Massa and Javier Milei. The final scrutiny, carried out by the National Electoral Justice (JNE), took 11 days and was not due to an operational delay, but to a legal verification process that includes votes from abroad and records with inconsistencies.

Bolivia, finally, shows a mixed logic: quick preliminary results and official closure in a few days. The Preliminary Results System (SIREPRE) disseminated 80% of the minutes three hours after closing and It exceeded 92% that same night, enough to shape the runoff between Rodrigo Paz and Jorge Quiroga. The official count—with legal validity—was completed five days later, after the physical processing of records by the departmental courts.