1995 Peruvian general election

General elections were held in Peru on 9 April 1995,[1] the first under the 1993 constitution. Incumbent President Alberto Fujimori was re-elected with 64% of the vote, whilst his Cambio 90 party won a majority of seats in the newly unicameral Congress.

1995 Peruvian presidential election

9 April 1995

Nominee Alberto Fujimori Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Party Cambio 90 UPP Popular vote 4,645,279 1,555,623 Percentage 64.3% 21.5%

President before election Alberto Fujimori Cambio 90 Elected President Alberto Fujimori Cambio 90

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alberto Fujimori	Cambio 90	4,645,279	64.3
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	Union for Peru	1,555,623	21.5
Mercedes Cabanillas	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	297,327	4.1
Alejandro Toledo	Possible Country	234,946	3.3
Ricardo Belmont	Civil Works Movement	175,042	2.4
Raúl Diez Canseco	Popular Action	121,872	1.7
Ezequiel Ataucusi	Agricultural People's Front of Peru	56,827	0.8
Augustín Haya de la Torre	United Left	41,985	0.6
Luis Cáceres Velásquez	National Front of Workers and Peasants	24,640	0.3
Sixtilio Dalmau	New Peru Movement	9,583	0.1
Víctor Echegaray	Reformist Party of Peru	8,829	0.1
Edmundo Inga	Alternative Peru Puma	6,740	0.1
Miguel Campos	Peace and Development	6,143	0.1
Carlos Cruz	Independent Front of National Reconciliation	5,106	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		1,576,708	–
Total		8,803,049	100
Registered voters/turnout		11,974,396	73.5
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–^[a]
Cambio 90	2,193,724	51.1	67	+35
Union for Peru	584,099	13.6	17	New
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	274,263	6.4	8	–45
Independent Moralizing Front	205,117	4.8	6	–1
Possible Country	175,693	4.1	5	New
Popular Action	142,638	3.3	4	–22
Christian People's Party	127,277	3.0	3	–22
Renewal Movement	123,969	2.9	3	New
Civil Works Movement	80,918	1.9	2	New
United Left	80,078	1.9	2	–14
Agricultural People's Front of Peru	46,102	1.1	1	+1
National Front of Workers and Peasants	46,027	1.1	1	–2
Independent Agrarian Movement	33,283	0.8	1	New
New Peru Movement	28,177	0.7	0	New
Reformist Party of Peru	12,484	0.3	0	New
Alternative Peru Puma	11,961	0.3	0	New
Apertura para el Desarrollo Nacional	10,224	0.2	0	New
Independent Front of National Reconciliation	9,988	0.2	0	New
Independent Inca Movement	9,281	0.2	0	New
Social Independent Movement	6,116	0.1	0	New
Other parties	88,231	2.1	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	3,671,464	–	–	–
Total	7,961,114	100	120	–60
Registered voters/turnout	11,865,283	67.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen

^a Seat totals are compared with the House of Representatives elected in the previous general elections in 1990.

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3