All Peru elections

1931 Peruvian Congressional Election

11 October 1931 · A bicameral Congress on a restricted franchise · 145 seats

Revolutionary Union finished first with 57 of 145 seats. Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro replaced David Samanez Ocampo.

The franchise was still limited to literate men, illiterate Peruvians could not vote until the 1979 constitution.

President before

David Samanez Ocampo

Military junta

President after

Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro

Revolutionary Union

Largest force

Revolutionary Union

57 of 145 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Chamber of Deputies
Revolutionary Union57
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance36
Decentralist Party28
Socialist Party of Peru4
National Coalition3
Nationalist Social Party3
Popular Union2
Unidentified5
Independents7