Peruvian general election, 1990

Peruvian general election, 1990

April 8 and June 10, 1990

Nominee Alberto Fujimori Mario Vargas Llosa Party Cambio 90 FREDEMO Running mate Máximo San Román Carlos García y García Eduardo Orrego Felipe Osterling Popular vote 4,489,897 2,708,291 Percentage 62.4% 37.6%

President before election Alan García APRA Elected President Alberto Fujimori Cambio 90

General elections were held in Peru on 8 April 1990, with a second round of the presidential elections on 10 June.^[1] The run-off was between favorite, novelist Mario Vargas Llosa leading a coalition of economically liberal parties collectively known as the Democratic Front and political underdog Alberto Fujimori of the populist and more moderate Cambio 90. Vargas Llosa won the first round with a fairly low number of the votes, but alienated much of the electorate with a comprehensive privatisation agenda, bolstering the allegedly unelectable Fujimori. Fujimori eventually won a landslide victory and would remain president for ten years until he was ousted in 2000.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Mario Vargas Llosa	Democratic Front	2,163,323	32.6	2,708,291	37.6
Alberto Fujimori	Change 90	1,932,208	29.1	4,478,897	62.4
Luis Alva Castro	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,494,231	22.5
Henry Pease	United Left	544,889	8.2
Alfonso Barrantes Lingán	Socialist Left	315,038	4.7
Roger Cáceres Velásquez	National Front of Workers and Peasants	86,418	1.3
Ezequiel Atacusi Gamonal	Agricultural People's Front of Peru	73,974	1.1
Dora Larrea del Castillo	Odriíst National Union	21,962	0.3
Nicolás de Pierola Balta	Democratic Union	9,541	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		1,195,532	–	760,044	–
Total		7,837,116	100	7,958,232	100
Registered voters/turnout		10,013,225	78.3	10,007,614	79.5
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Front	1,492,513	30.1	62	+40
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,240,395	25.0	53	–54
Cambio 90	819,527	16.5	32	New
United Left	497,764	10.0	16	–32
Independent Moralizing Front			7	New
Socialist Left	264,147	5.3	4	New
National Front of Workers and Peasants	124,544	2.5	3	+2
Agricultural People's Front of Peru	62,955	1.3	0	New
Independent Civic Union	41,210	0.8	0	New
Movimento Regionalista Loreto	23,836	0.5	0	New
Frente Tacneñista	18,035	0.4	0	New
Movimiento Independiente en Acción	14,547	0.3	0	New
Odriíst National Union	10,788	0.2	0	New
Democratic Union	7,762	0.2	0	New
Hayist Bases Movement	5,047	0.1	0	New
Somos Libres	2,232	0.0	0	New
Independents	336,168	6.8	3	+1
Invalid/blank votes	1,857,066	–	–	–
Total	6,818,536	100	180	0
Registered voters/turnout	10,012,325	68.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Front	1,791,077	32.3	19	+6
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,390,954	25.1	16	–14
Cambio 90	1,240,132	21.7	14	New
United Left	542,049	9.8	6	–9
Socialist Left	303,216	5.5	3	New
National Front of Workers and Peasants	112,388	2.0	1	0
Agricultural People's Front of Peru	63,879	1.2	0	New
Independent Civic Union	45,171	0.8	0	New
Somos Libres	30,671	0.6	0	New
Odriíst National Union	16,479	0.3	0	–1
Hayist Bases Movement	13,616	0.2	0	New
FIR	9,065	0.2	0	New
Democratic Union	8,041	0.1	0	New
National Co-operation	4,002	0.1	0	New
Movimiento Independiente Solidaridad	3,142	0.1	0	New
Confederación Honorifica de Lucha Organizada Independiente	1,798	0.0	0	New
Independents			1	New
Former presidents	–	–	2	+1
Invalid/blank votes	1,336,270	–	–	–
Total	6,875,950	100	62	+1
Registered voters/turnout	10,012,325	68.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Footnotes

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