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Peru
| COUNTRY |
ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Peru |
Presidential |
April 8, 2001 (Round
One)
June 3, 2001 (Round Two) |
At stake
in this election:
- Office of president
of the Republic of Peru
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Description
of government structure:
- Assembly: Peru
has a unicameral Congreso de la Republica (Congress of the Republic)
with 120 seats.
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Description
of electoral structure:
- The president is
elected by absolute majority vote to a five-year term.
- Beginning with
the April 8, 2001 elections, members of the Congress will be elected
by simple majority vote in geographic constituencies for five-year terms.
Previously, members were elected by a system of proportional representation
in a nationwide constituency.
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Results of the
presidential election:
- Presidential
Candidate: Alejandro TOLEDO
Party: Peru Posible
Second Round Valid Votes Received: 5,548,556
Second Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 53.08%
First Round Valid Votes Received: 3,871,167
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 36.51%
- Presidential
Candidate: Alan GARCIA
Party: Partido
Aprista Peruano (APRA)
Second Round Valid Votes Received: 4,904,929
Second Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 46.92%
First Round Valid Votes Received: 2,732,857
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 25.78%
- Presidential
Candidate: Lourdes FLORES
Party: Unidad Nacional
First Round Valid Votes Received: 2,576,653
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 24.30%
Eliminated from Second Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Fernando OLIVERA
Party: Frente Independiente Moralizador (FIM)
First Round Valid Votes Received: 1,044,207
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 9.85%
Eliminated from Second Round
- Presidential
Candidate: Carlos BOLOÑA
Party: Solución Popular
First Round Valid Votes Received: 179,243
First Round Percentage of Valid Votes: 1.69%
Eliminated from Second Round
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When was the last
election?
- Presidential Elections
were last held on April 9, 2000 and May 28, 2000
- Alberto FUJIMORI
ran unopposed in the second round election and received 74.33% of the
vote.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 27,012,899
(July 2000 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 14,650,550
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Of Interest:
- On September 16,
2000, former President Alberto FUJIMORI announced early elections in
which he would not take part. This announcement followed the release
of a video tape that implicated Vladimiro MONTESINOS, FUJIMORI's intelligence
chief, in a corruption scandal.
- The presidential
elections held on April 9, 2000 and May 28, 2000 were surrounded by
allegations of fraud and protests led by opposition groups including
FUJIMORI's primary challengar Alejandro TOLEDO.
- Alan GARCIA was
President of Peru from 1985-1990, and has returned from exile to participate
in these elections.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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