1962 Peruvian general election
10 June 1962
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

Nicolás Lindley López
Military Government Junta

 Elected President

Election annulled

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]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Víctor Raúl Haya de la TorreAmerican Popular Revolutionary Alliance557,00732.97
Fernando Belaúnde TerryPopular Action544,18032.21
Manuel A. OdríaOdriist National Union480,37828.43
Héctor Cornejo ChávezChristian Democrat Party48,7922.89
César Pando EgúsquizaNational Liberation Front33,3411.97
Luciano Castillo ColonnaSocialist Party16,6580.99
Alberto Ruiz EldredgeProgressive Social Movement9,2020.54
Total1,689,558100.00
Valid votes1,689,55885.80
Invalid/blank votes279,73014.20
Total votes1,969,288100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,221,28888.66
Source: Nohlen

Senate

PartySeats
Democratic Alliance25
Popular Action16
Odriist National Union11
Alcides Spelucín list1
Cuzqueñista Union1
National Liberation Front1
Total55
Source: JNE

Chamber of Deputies

PartySeats
Democratic Alliance85
Popular Action61
Odriist National Union33
Christian Democrat Party2
Alcides Spelucín list1
Cuzqueñista Union1
Huancavelicana Coalition1
Moqueguano Independent Movement1
Puneñista Parliamentary Union1
Total186
Source: JNE

References

  1. 1 2 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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