1962_Peruvian_general_election

1962 Peruvian general election

1962 Peruvian general election

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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] 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]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Richard J. Walter (2010) Peru and the United States, 1960-1975: How Their Ambassadors Managed Foreign Relations in a Turbulent Era Penn State Press, p17
  3. Walter, p18

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