1962 Peruvian general election

General elections were held in Peru on 10 June 1962 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.[1] Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre of the Peruvian Aprista Party won the presidential election with 33% of the vote. However, this was below the constitutional requirement of one-third of the vote.[2] The military, who were opposed to Haya, claimed that electoral fraud had been carried out in some districts, and the results were later annulled following a military coup on 18 July led by Ricardo Pérez Godoy.[1][3]

1962 Peruvian presidential election
10 June 1962
 
Nominee Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre Fernando Belaúnde Terry Manuel A. Odría
Party APRA Popular Action UNO
Popular vote 557,007 544,180 480,378
Percentage 33.0% 32.2% 28.4%
President before election

Nicolás Lindley López
Military Government Junta

 Elected President

Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action

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Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Víctor Raúl Haya de la TorrePeruvian Aprista Party557,00733.0
Fernando Belaúnde TerryPopular Action544,18032.2
Manuel A. OdríaOdriíst National Union480,37828.4
Héctor Cornejo ChávezChristian Democrat Party48,7922.9
César Pando EgúsquizaNational Liberation Front33,3412.0
Luciano Castillo ColonnaSocialist Party16,6581.0
Alberto Ruiz EldredgeProgressive Social Movement9,2020.5
Invalid/blank votes279,730–
Total1,969,288100
Registered voters/turnout2,221,28888.6
Source: Nohlen
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References
  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Richard J. Walter (2010) Peru and the United States, 1960-1975: How Their Ambassadors Managed Foreign Relations in a Turbulent Era Penn State Press, p17
  3. Walter, p18
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