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 Torre
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance · 557,007 votes
32.97%
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Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action · 544,180 votes
32.21%
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Manuel A. Odría
Odriist National Union · 480,378 votes
28.43%
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Héctor Cornejo Chávez
Christian Democrat Party · 48,792 votes
2.89%
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César Pando Egúsquiza
National Liberation Front · 33,341 votes
1.97%
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Luciano Castillo Colonna
Socialist Party · 16,658 votes
0.99%
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Alberto Ruiz Eldredge
Progressive Social Movement · 9,202 votes
0.54%
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