1931 Peruvian Presidential Election
11 October 1931 · Depression, dictatorship and annulled elections
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro won with 50.75% against Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre on 35.38%. Turnout 82.5%.
The franchise was still limited to literate men, illiterate Peruvians could not vote until the 1979 constitution.
President before
David Samanez Ocampo
Military junta
Elected President
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Revolutionary Union
Winning share
50.8%
Turnout
82.5%
The result
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro
Revolutionary Union · 152,149 votes
50.75%
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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance · 106,088 votes
35.38%
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José María de la Jara y Ureta
Decentralist Party · 21,950 votes
7.32%
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Arturo F. Osores Cabrera
Constitutional Renewal Party · 19,640 votes
6.55%
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