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
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Alejandro Toledo	Possible Peru	3,871,167	36.5	5,548,556	53.1
Alan García	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	2,732,857	25.8	4,904,929	46.9
Lourdes Flores	National Unity	2,576,653	24.3
Fernando Olivera	Independent Moralizing Front	1,044,207	9.8
Carlos Boloña	People's Solution	179,243	1.7
Ciro Gálvez	Andean Renaissance	85,436	0.8
Marco Arrunategui	Project Country	79,077	0.7
Ricardo Noriega	All for Victory	33,080	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		1,662,629	–	1,675,484	–
Total		12,264,349	100	12,128,969	100
Registered voters/turnout		14,898,435	82.3	14,898,435	81.4
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Possible Peru	2,477,624	26.3	45	+16
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,857,416	19.7	28	+22
National Unity	1,304,037	13.8	17	New
Independent Moralizing Front	1,034,672	11.0	11	+2
We are Peru	544,193	5.8	4	–5
Cambio 90	452,696	4.8	3	New
Popular Action	393,433	4.2	3	–1
Union for Peru	390,236	4.1	6	+3
People's Solution	336,680	3.6	1	New
All for Victory	191,179	2.0	1	New
Agricultural People's Front of Peru	156,264	1.7	0	–2
Project Country	155,572	1.7	0	New
Andean Renaissance	127,707	1.4	1	New
Invalid/blank votes	2,565,932	–	–	–
Total	11,987,641	100	120	0
Registered voters/turnout	14,898,435	80.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

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

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