1978 Peruvian Constituent Assembly election

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Peru on 18 June 1978.^[1] The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, led by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 100 seats.^[2]

The military dictatorship declared that it would respect the results of the election.^[3]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,240,674	35.33	37
	Christian People's Party	835,285	23.79	25
	Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front	433,413	12.34	12
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	232,520	6.62	6
	Peruvian Communist Party	207,612	5.91	6
	Popular Democratic Unity	160,741	4.58	4
	National Front of Workers and Peasants	135,552	3.86	4
	Christian Democrat Party	83,075	2.37	2
	National Union Party	74,137	2.11	2
	Pradist Democratic Movement	68,619	1.95	2
	Socialist Revolutionary Action	20,164	0.57	0
	Reformist Democratic Party	19,594	0.56	0
Total		3,511,386	100.00	100

Valid votes		3,511,386	84.15
Invalid/blank votes		661,576	15.85
Total votes		4,172,962	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,978,831	83.81
Source: PDBA

Results