While in the congressional election, the party won five seats, mainly from Lima, Callao and Ica.[3] In face of the crisis, Daniel Urresti, then candidate for Mayor of Lima, took over the leadership of the party.[4] For the 2020 snap parliamentary election, José Luna Gálvez announced that he would temporarily resign from the leadership of Podemos Perú, after being investigated in the case that surrounded former Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda to avoid "hurting the party".[5] Luna, also owner of the Telesup University, said that he did not participate in the elections either "so as not to damage the party.While in the congressional election, the party won five seats, mainly from Lima, Callao and Ica.