Peruvian general election, 1980

Peruvian presidential election, 1980

19 May 1980

Nominee Fernando Belaúnde Terry Armando Villanueva Party Popular Action APRA Running mate Fernando Schwalb López Aldana Javier Alva Orlandini Popular vote 1,793,190 1,087,188 Percentage 44.9% 27.2%

President before election Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces Elected President Fernando Belaúnde Terry Popular Action

Peru
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General elections were held in Peru on 18 May 1980 for the first time since 1963 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.^[1] Fernando Belaúnde Terry of Popular Action won the presidential election with 44.9% of the vote, whilst his party emerged as the largest party in both houses of Congress.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Distribution of seats in the Chamber of Deputies:

3 PRT

2 UNIR

4 FRENATRACA

3 UDP

2 IU

58 APRA

98 AP

10 PPC

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Popular Action	1,413,233	38.9	98
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	962,801	26.5	58
Christian People's Party	348,578	9.6	10
Revolutionary Left Union	172,430	4.8	0
Popular Democratic Unity	156,415	4.3	0
Workers' Revolutionary Party	151,447	4.2	0
Unity of the Left	124,751	3.4	10
National Front of Workers and Peasants	93,416	2.6	4
Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front	61,248	1.7	0
National Unity	31,443	0.9	0
Pradist Democratic Movement	22,573	0.6	0
Socialist Political Action	22,708	0.6	0
Political Organisation of the Peruvian Revolution	21,609	0.6	0
Progressive and Social Integration Party	16,493	0.5	0
Socialist Party of Peru	9,786	0.3	0
Independents	22,408	0.6	0
Invalid/blank votes	941,802	–	–
Total	4,573,141	100	180
Registered voters/turnout	6,431,651	71.1	–
Source: Nohlen

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