2001 Peruvian general election

2001 Peruvian general election

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Presidential election
8 April 2001 (first round)
3 June 2001 (second round)
 
Nominee Alejandro Toledo Alan García
Party Possible Peru APRA
Running mate Raúl Diez Canseco
David Waisman
José Murgia [es]
Jorge del Castillo
Popular vote 5,548,556 4,904,929
Percentage 53.08% 46.92%


President before election

Valentín Paniagua
Popular Action

Elected President

Alejandro Toledo
Possible Peru

Congressional election
8 April 2001

All 120 seats in the Congress of Peru
61 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Possible Peru Alejandro Toledo 26.30 45 +16
APRA Alan García 19.71 28 +22
National Unity Lourdes Flores 13.84 17 +13
FIM Fernando Olivera 10.98 11 +2
We Are Peru Alberto Andrade 5.78 4 −5
C90-NM Alberto Fujimori 4.80 3 −49
Popular Action Fernando Belaúnde 4.18 3 0
UPP Daniel Estrada 4.14 6 +3
People's Solution Carlos Boloña 3.57 1 New
All for Victory Ricardo Noriega 2.03 1 New
And. Renaissance Ciro Gálvez 1.36 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the Congressional election

Early general elections were held in Peru on 8 April 2001, with a second round of the presidential election on 3 June.[1] The elections were held after President Alberto Fujimori claimed asylum in Japan during a trip to Asia and resigned his position.[2]

The presidential elections were won by Alejandro Toledo of Possible Peru, who had been defeated by Fujimori in the 2000 general election, while his party emerged as the largest faction in the Congress.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p449
  3. ^ Nohlen, p468