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1962 Peruvian Presidential Election

10 June 1962 · Depression, dictatorship and annulled elections

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre won with 32.97% against Fernando Belaúnde Terry on 32.21%. Turnout 88.7%.

Haya de la Torre's plurality fell just short of the constitutional one-third threshold, and a military coup annulled the result before Congress could settle it.

President before

Manuel Prado Ugarteche

MDP

Elected President

Election annulled

Winning share

33.0%

Turnout

88.7%

The result

Víctor Raúl Haya de la TorreAmerican Popular Revolutionary Alliance557,00732.97%
Fernando Belaúnde TerryPopular Action544,18032.21%
Manuel A. OdríaOdriist National Union480,37828.43%
Héctor Cornejo ChávezChristian Democrat Party48,7922.89%
César Pando EgúsquizaNational Liberation Front33,3411.97%
Luciano Castillo ColonnaSocialist Party16,6580.99%
Alberto Ruiz EldredgeProgressive Social Movement9,2020.54%