1985 Peruvian general election
General elections were held in Peru on 14 April 1985 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.[1] Alan García of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won the presidential election with 53.1% of the vote, whilst his party emerged as the largest faction in both houses of Congress.
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Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Alan García | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance | 3,452,111 | 53.1 |
Alfonso Barrantes Lingán | United Left | 1,605,139 | 24.7 |
Luis Bedoya Reyes | Democratic Convergence | 773,313 | 11.9 |
Javier Alva Orlandini | Popular Action | 471,150 | 7.3 |
Roger Cáceres Velásquez | National Left | 81,647 | 2.0 |
Francisco Morales Bermúdez | Democratic Front of National Unity | 54,899 | 0.8 |
Jorge Campos Arredondo | National Progressive Party | 23,366 | 0.4 |
Carlos Enrique Fernández Chacón | Socialist Workers Party | 15,696 | 0.2 |
Peter Uculmana | National Movement Party 7 June | 10,150 | 0.2 |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,044,181 | – | |
Total | 7,544,836 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 8,333,433 | 90.6 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Deputies
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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American Popular Revolutionary Alliance | 2,920,605 | 50.1 | 107 | +49 |
United Left | 1,424,981 | 24.4 | 48 | +38 |
Democratic Convergence | 649,404 | 11.1 | 12 | +10 |
Popular Action | 491,581 | 8.4 | 10 | –88 |
National Left | 110,695 | 1.9 | 1 | –3 |
Democratic Front of National Unity | 59,455 | 1.0 | 0 | New |
National Movement Party 7 June | 24,466 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
National Progressive Party | 19,131 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Socialist Workers Party | 16,425 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Socialist Party of Peru | 14,775 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 99,192 | 1.7 | 2 | +2 |
Invalid/blank votes | 777,823 | – | – | – |
Total | 6,608,533 | 100 | 180 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 8,282,545 | 79.8 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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APRA-DC-SODE[a] | 3,099,975 | 51.3 | 32 | +14 |
United Left | 1,521,461 | 25.2 | 15 | +6 |
Democratic Convergence | 675,621 | 11.2 | 7 | +1 |
Popular Action | 492,056 | 8.1 | 5 | –21 |
National Left | 103,874 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 |
Democratic Front of National Unity | 56,859 | 0.9 | 0 | New |
National Progressive Party | 25,843 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
Frente Agrícola Humanista Femenino | 17,540 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Socialist Workers Party | 16,113 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
National Movement Party 7 June | 15,126 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Socialist Party of Peru | 12,991 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Mariateguista Party for National Liberation | 7,359 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Fernando Belaúnde Terry[b] | – | – | 1 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,162,305 | – | – | – |
Total | 7,206,943 | 100 | 61 | +1 |
Registered voters/turnout | 8,282,545 | 80.7 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
a Within the APRA-DC-SODE coalition, the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won 30 seats and the Christian Democrat Party and Solidarity and Democracy one each.[2]
b Former President Terry was appointed a Senator for life after the end of his presidential term. He represented Popular Action.[3]
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Nohlen, p469
- Nohlen, p470
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