1956 Peruvian Presidential Election
17 June 1956 · Depression, dictatorship and annulled elections
Manuel Prado Ugarteche won with 45.48% against Fernando Belaúnde Terry on 36.69%. Turnout 84.0%.
The franchise was still limited to literate men, illiterate Peruvians could not vote until the 1979 constitution.
President before
Manuel A. Odría
Restoration Party
Elected President
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
MDP
Winning share
45.5%
Turnout
84.0%
The result
Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Pradist Democratic Movement · 567,713 votes
45.48%
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Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Democratic Youth Front · 457,966 votes
36.69%
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Hernando de Lavalle y García
National Unity–Democratic Concordance · 222,619 votes
17.83%
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