1962 Peruvian general election

General elections were held in Peru on 10 June 1962 to elect the President and both houses of Congress.^[1] Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre of the Peruvian Aprista Party won the presidential election with 33% of the vote. However, this was below the constitutional requirement of one-third of the vote.^[2]

1962 Peruvian general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre Fernando Belaúnde Terry Manuel A. Odría Party APRA Popular Action UNO Popular vote 557,007 544,180 480,378 Percentage 32.97% 32.21% 28.43%

President before election Manuel Prado Ugarteche MDP Elected President Election annulled

The military, who were opposed to Haya, claimed that electoral fraud had been carried out in some districts, and the results were later annulled following a military coup on 18 July led by Ricardo Pérez Godoy.^[1][3][4]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	557,007	32.97
	Fernando Belaúnde Terry	Popular Action	544,180	32.21
	Manuel A. Odría	Odriist National Union	480,378	28.43
	Héctor Cornejo Chávez	Christian Democrat Party	48,792	2.89
	César Pando Egúsquiza [es]	National Liberation Front	33,341	1.97
	Luciano Castillo Colonna	Socialist Party	16,658	0.99
	Alberto Ruiz Eldredge [es]	Progressive Social Movement	9,202	0.54
Total			1,689,558	100.00
Valid votes			1,689,558	85.80
Invalid/blank votes			279,730	14.20
Total votes			1,969,288	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,221,288	88.66
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party		Seats
	Democratic Alliance (APRA–MDP)	25
	Popular Action	16
	Odriist National Union	11
	Alcides Spelucín list	1
	Cuzqueñista Union	1
	National Liberation Front	1
Total		55
Source: JNE

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Seats
	Democratic Alliance (APRA–MDP)	85
	Popular Action	61
	Odriist National Union	33
	Christian Democrat Party	2
	Alcides Spelucín list	1
	Cuzqueñista Union	1
	Huancavelicana Coalition	1
	Moqueguano Independent Movement	1
	Puneñista Parliamentary Union	1
Total		186
Source: JNE