1963 Peruvian general election

1963 Peruvian general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Fernando Belaúnde Terry Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre
Party Popular Action APRA
Alliance APPDC
Running mate Fernando Schwalb López Aldana
Javier Alva Orlandini
None
Popular vote 708,662 623,501
Percentage 39.05% 34.36%


President before election

Nicolás Lindley López
Military Government Junta

Elected President

Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action

General elections were held in Peru on 9 June 1963 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress after the results of the 1962 elections were annulled following a military coup.[1] The Peruvian Armed Forces, who controlled the nation as a military junta following the coup, largely controlled the electoral process to prevent the election of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre.[2] Supported by Popular Action and the Christian Democrat Party, Fernando Belaúnde Terry won the presidential election with 39% of the vote, whilst the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance emerged as the largest party in both houses of Congress.

Following a coup on 3 October 1968, no further elections were held until a Constituent Assembly was elected in 1978.[1]

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ "Peru". The Atlantic. 1962-11-01. Retrieved 2023-05-04.