1956 Peruvian general election

1956 Peruvian general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Manuel Prado Ugarteche Fernando Belaúnde Terry Hernando de Lavalle y García
Party MDP FJD UN–CD
Popular vote 567,713 457,966 222,619
Percentage 45.48% 36.69% 17.83%

President before election

Manuel A. Odría
Restoration Party

Elected President

Manuel Prado Ugarteche
MDP

General elections were held in Peru on 17 June 1956 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.[1] Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Pradist Democratic Movement won the presidential election with 45.5% of the vote. They were the first elections in Peru in which women could vote,[2] and nine women were elected to Congress; Manuela Billinghurst, Alicia Blanco Montesinos, Lola Blanco Montesinos, María Colina Lozano, Matilde Pérez Palacio, Carlota Ramos de Santolaya, María Eleonora Silva Silva and Juana Ubilluz de Palacios were elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while Irene Silva de Santolalla became the first woman elected to the Senate.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p450
  3. ^ Primeras Mujeres Parlamentarias 1956-1962 Congress of Peru