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Peruvian general election, 1985

Peruvian general election, 1985
Peru
← 1980 14 April 1985 1990 →
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Nominee Alan García Pérez Alfonso Barrantes Lingán
Party APRA United Left
Running mate Luis Alberto Sánchez
Luis Alva Castro
Enrique Bernales Ballesteros
Agustín Haya de la Torre
Popular vote 3,452,111 1,605,139
Percentage 53.1% 24.7%

President before election

Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action

Elected President

Alan García
APRA


Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action

Alan García
APRA

General elections were held in Peru on 14 April 1985 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.Alan García of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won the presidential election with 53.1% of the vote, whilst his party emerged as the largest faction in both houses of Congress.

a Within the APRA-DC-SODE coalition, the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won 30 seats and the Christian Democrat Party and Solidarity and Democracy one each.

b Former President Terry was appointed a Senator for life after the end of his presidential term. He represented Popular Action.


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