Peruvian general election, 2001

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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 2000, whilst his party emerged as the largest in the Congress.[3]

Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Alejandro ToledoPossible Peru3,871,16736.55,548,55653.1
Alan GarcíaAmerican Popular Revolutionary Alliance2,732,85725.84,904,92946.9
Lourdes FloresNational Unity2,576,65324.3
Fernando OliveraIndependent Moralizing Front1,044,2079.8
Carlos BoloñaPeople's Solution179,2431.7
Ciro GálvezAndean Renaissance85,4360.8
Marco ArrunateguiProject Country79,0770.7
Ricardo NoriegaAll for Victory33,0800.3
Invalid/blank votes1,662,6291,675,484
Total12,264,34910012,128,969100
Registered voters/turnout14,898,43582.314,898,43581.4
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Possible Peru2,477,62426.345+16
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance1,857,41619.728+22
National Unity1,304,03713.817New
Independent Moralizing Front1,034,67211.011+2
We are Peru544,1935.84–5
Cambio 90452,6964.83New
Popular Action393,4334.23–1
Union for Peru390,2364.16+3
People's Solution336,6803.61New
All for Victory191,1792.01New
Agricultural People's Front of Peru156,2641.70–2
Project Country155,5721.70New
Andean Renaissance127,7071.41New
Invalid/blank votes2,565,932
Total11,987,6411001200
Registered voters/turnout14,898,43580.5
Source: Nohlen

References

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