2001_Peruvian_general_election

2001 Peruvian general election
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	Presidential election
President before election; Valentín Paniagua; Popular Action	Elected President ; Alejandro Toledo; Possible Peru
	Congressional election
8 April 2001
	All 120 seats in the Congress of Peru; 61 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the Congressional election

2001 Peruvian general election

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Early general elections were held in Peru on 8 April 2001, with a second round of the presidential election on 3 June.^[1] The elections were held after President Alberto Fujimori claimed asylum in Japan during a trip to Asia and resigned his position.^[2]

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The presidential elections were won by Alejandro Toledo of Possible Peru, who had been defeated by Fujimori in the 2000 general election, while his party emerged as the largest faction in the Congress.^[3]

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Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

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Nohlen, p449

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Nohlen, p468

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Alejandro Toledo	Lourdes Flores	Alan García	Fernando Olivera
Final results. First round.

	Member of Congress (1995-2000)	President of Peru (1985–1990)	Member of Congress (1995-2001)
Possible Peru	National Unity	Peruvian Aprista Party	Independent Moralizing Front

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Alejandro Toledo	Possible Peru	3,871,167	36.51	5,548,556	53.08
	Alan García	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	2,732,857	25.78	4,904,929	46.92
	Lourdes Flores	National Unity	2,576,653	24.30
	Fernando Olivera	Independent Moralizing Front	1,044,207	9.85
	Carlos Boloña	People's Solution	179,243	1.69
	Ciro Gálvez	Andean Renaissance	85,436	0.81
	Marco Arrunategui	Project Country	79,077	0.75
	Ricardo Noriega	All for Victory	33,080	0.31
Total			10,601,720	100.00	10,453,485	100.00

Valid votes			10,601,720	86.44	10,453,485	86.19
Invalid/blank votes			1,662,629	13.56	1,675,484	13.81
Total votes			12,264,349	100.00	12,128,969	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			14,898,435	82.32	14,898,435	81.41
Source: Nohlen


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Possible Peru	2,477,624	26.30	45	+16
	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,857,416	19.71	28	+22
	National Unity	1,304,037	13.84	17	New
	Independent Moralizing Front	1,034,672	10.98	11	+2
	We Are Peru	544,193	5.78	4	–5
	Cambio 90 – New Majority	452,696	4.80	3	–49
	Popular Action	393,433	4.18	3	0
	Union for Peru	390,236	4.14	6	+3
	People's Solution	336,680	3.57	1	New
	All for Victory	191,179	2.03	1	New
	Agricultural People's Front of Peru	156,264	1.66	0	–2
	Project Country	155,572	1.65	0	New
	Andean Renaissance	127,707	1.36	1	New
Total		9,421,709	100.00	120	0

Valid votes		9,421,709	78.60
Invalid/blank votes		2,565,932	21.40
Total votes		11,987,641	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,898,435	80.46
Source: Nohlen

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