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
National Democratic Front
73
seats
Revolutionary Union
+28 seats
29
seats
Socialist Party of Peru
3
seats
Unidentified
9
seats
Independents
+34 seats
39
seats