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1945 Peruvian Congressional Election

10 June 1945 · A bicameral Congress on a restricted franchise · 153 seats

National Democratic Front finished first with 73 of 153 seats. José Luis Bustamante y Rivero replaced Manuel Prado Ugarteche.

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

President before

Manuel Prado Ugarteche

Concentración Nacional

President after

José Luis Bustamante y Rivero

FDN

Largest force

National Democratic Front

73 of 153 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Chamber of Deputies
National Democratic Front73
Revolutionary Union29+28
Socialist Party of Peru3
Unidentified9
Independents39+34