Peruvian general election, 1963

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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] Supported by Popular Action and the Christian Democrat Party, Fernando Belaúnde Terry won the presidential election with 39% of the vote, whilst the Peruvian Aprista Party 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]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Fernando Belaúnde Terry	Popular Action–Christian Democrat Party	708,662	39.1
Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre	Peruvian Aprista Party	623,501	34.4
Manuel A. Odría	Odriíst National Union	463,085	25.5
Mario Samamé Boggio	Popular Union	19,320	1.1
Invalid/blank votes		139,716	–
Total		1,954,284	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,070,718	94.4
Source: Nohlen

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Peruvian Aprista Party			56
Popular Action			39
Odriíst National Union			26
Christian Democrat Party			10
United Left			3
Pradist Democratic Movement			2
Independents			3
Total			139
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Peruvian Aprista Party			18
Popular Action			15
Odriíst National Union			7
Christian Democrat Party			5
Total			45
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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