1985_Peruvian_general_election

1985 Peruvian general election
	Presidential election
	Results by department (left) and province (right)
President before election; Fernando Belaúnde Terry; Popular Action	Elected President ; Alan García; APRA
	Congressional election
Senate
Chamber of Deputies

1985 Peruvian general election

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General elections were held in Peru on 14 April 1985 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.^[1] Alan García of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won the presidential election with 53.1% of the vote, whilst his party gained a majority in both houses of Congress.

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Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alan García	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	3,457,030	53.11
	Alfonso Barrantes Lingán	United Left	1,606,914	24.69
	Luis Bedoya Reyes	Democratic Convergence	773,705	11.89
	Javier Alva Orlandini	Popular Action	472,627	7.26
	Roger Cáceres Velásquez	National Left	91,986	1.41
	Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Democratic Front of National Unity	54,560	0.84
	Jorge Campos Arredondo	National Progressive Party	26,757	0.41
	Carlos Enrique Fernández Chacón	Socialist Workers Party	15,607	0.24
	Peter Uculmana	National Movement Party 7 June	10,020	0.15
Total			6,509,206	100.00

Valid votes			6,509,206	86.13
Invalid/blank votes			1,047,976	13.87
Total votes			7,557,182	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,341,734	90.59
Source: JNE


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	APRA–DC–SODE	3,099,795	51.28	32	+14
	United Left	1,521,461	25.17	15	+6
	Democratic Convergence	675,621	11.18	7	+1
	Popular Action	492,056	8.14	5	–21
	National Left	103,874	1.72	1	0
	Democratic Front of National Unity	56,859	0.94	0	New
	National Progressive Party	25,843	0.43	0	New
	Frente Agrícola Humanista Femenino	17,540	0.29	0	New
	Socialist Workers Party	16,113	0.27	0	New
	National Movement Party 7 June	15,126	0.25	0	New
	Socialist Party of Peru	12,991	0.21	0	0
	Mariateguista Party for National Liberation	7,359	0.12	0	New
Former presidents				1	New
Total		6,044,638	100.00	61	+1

Valid votes		6,044,638	83.87
Invalid/blank votes		1,162,305	16.13
Total votes		7,206,943	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,282,545	87.01
Source: Nohlen


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	2,920,605	50.09	107	+49
	United Left	1,424,981	24.44	48	+38
	Democratic Convergence	649,404	11.14	12	+10
	Popular Action	491,581	8.43	10	–88
	National Left	110,695	1.90	1	–3
	Democratic Front of National Unity	59,455	1.02	0	New
	National Movement Party 7 June	24,466	0.42	0	New
	National Progressive Party	19,131	0.33	0	New
	Socialist Workers Party	16,425	0.28	0	New
	Socialist Party of Peru	14,775	0.25	0	0
	Independents	99,192	1.70	2	+2
Total		5,830,710	100.00	180	0

Valid votes		5,830,710	88.23
Invalid/blank votes		777,823	11.77
Total votes		6,608,533	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,282,545	79.79
Source: Nohlen

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