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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 gained a majority in both houses of Congress.

1985 Peruvian general election
← 1980 14 April 1985 1990 →
Presidential election
 
Nominee Alan García Alfonso Barrantes
Party APRA United Left
Running mate Luis Alberto Sánchez
Luis Alva Castro 		Enrique Bernales Ballesteros
Agustín Haya de la Torre
Popular vote 3,457,030 1,606,914
Percentage 53.11% 24.69%
Results by department (left) and province (right)
President before election

Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action

Elected President

Alan García
APRA

Congressional election
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Senate
APRA Alan García 51.28 32 +14
United Left Alfonso Barrantes 25.17 15 +6
Dem. Convergence Luis Bedoya Reyes 11.18 7 +1
Popular Action Fernando Belaúnde 8.14 5 −21
National Left Roger Cáceres 1.72 1 0
Chamber of Deputies
APRA Alan García 50.09 107 +49
United Left Alfonso Barrantes 24.44 48 +38
Dem. Convergence Luis Bedoya Reyes 11.14 12 +2
Popular Action Fernando Belaúnde 8.43 10 −88
National Left Roger Cáceres 1.90 1 −3
Independents N/A 1.70 2 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Alan GarcíaAmerican Popular Revolutionary Alliance3,457,03053.11
Alfonso Barrantes LingánUnited Left1,606,91424.69
Luis Bedoya ReyesDemocratic Convergence773,70511.89
Javier Alva OrlandiniPopular Action472,6277.26
Roger Cáceres VelásquezNational Left91,9861.41
Francisco Morales BermúdezDemocratic Front of National Unity54,5600.84
Jorge Campos ArredondoNational Progressive Party26,7570.41
Carlos Enrique Fernández ChacónSocialist Workers Party15,6070.24
Peter UculmanaNational Movement Party 7 June10,0200.15
Total6,509,206100.00
Valid votes6,509,20686.13
Invalid/blank votes1,047,97613.87
Total votes7,557,182100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,341,73490.59
Source: JNE

Senate

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Former President Terry was appointed a Senator for life after the end of his presidential term. He represented Popular Action.[2] 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.[3]

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
APRA–DC–SODE3,099,79551.2832+14
United Left1,521,46125.1715+6
Democratic Convergence675,62111.187+1
Popular Action492,0568.145–21
National Left103,8741.7210
Democratic Front of National Unity56,8590.940New
National Progressive Party25,8430.430New
Frente Agrícola Humanista Femenino17,5400.290New
Socialist Workers Party16,1130.270New
National Movement Party 7 June15,1260.250New
Socialist Party of Peru12,9910.2100
Mariateguista Party for National Liberation7,3590.120New
Former presidents1New
Total6,044,638100.0061+1
Valid votes6,044,63883.87
Invalid/blank votes1,162,30516.13
Total votes7,206,943100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,282,54587.01
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance2,920,60550.09107+49
United Left1,424,98124.4448+38
Democratic Convergence649,40411.1412+10
Popular Action491,5818.4310–88
National Left110,6951.901–3
Democratic Front of National Unity59,4551.020New
National Movement Party 7 June24,4660.420New
National Progressive Party19,1310.330New
Socialist Workers Party16,4250.280New
Socialist Party of Peru14,7750.2500
Independents99,1921.702+2
Total5,830,710100.001800
Valid votes5,830,71088.23
Invalid/blank votes777,82311.77
Total votes6,608,533100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,282,54579.79
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p470
  3. ^ Nohlen, p469
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