2001 Peruvian general election

2001 Peruvian general election
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	Presidential election
President before election; Valentín Paniagua; Popular Action	Elected President ; Alejandro Toledo; Possible Peru
	Congressional election
8 April 2001
	All 120 seats in the Congress of Peru; 61 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the Congressional election

Early general elections were held in Peru on 8 April 2001, with a second round of the presidential election on 3 June.^[1] The elections were held after President Alberto Fujimori claimed asylum in Japan during a trip to Asia and resigned his position.^[2]

The presidential elections were won by Alejandro Toledo of Possible Peru, who had been defeated by Fujimori in the 2000 general election, while his party emerged as the largest faction in the Congress.^[3]

Candidates

Main presidential candidates

Alejandro Toledo	Lourdes Flores	Alan García	Fernando Olivera
Final results. First round.

	Member of Congress (1995-2000)	President of Peru (1985–1990)	Member of Congress (1995-2001)
Possible Peru	National Unity	Peruvian Aprista Party	Independent Moralizing Front

Other candidates

Carlos Boloña, economist and former Minister of Economy and Finance (1991-1993) – People's Solution
Ciro Gálvez, lawyer and notary head – Andean Renaissance
Marco Antonio Arrunátegui, economist – Project Country
Ricardo Noriega, lawyer and economist – All for Victory

Voluntarily withdrawn

Luis Castañeda, lawyer and former presidential nominee – National Solidarity
Jorge Santistevan, lawyer and first national ombudsman – Independent Movement We Are Peru - Democratic Cause
Hernando de Soto, economist – Popular Capital
Víctor M. Marroquín, international lawyer – Youth Independent Movement
Martina Portocarrero, folklore singer – Agricultural People's Front of Peru

Results

Leading candidate by region in the first round.

Leading candidate by region in the second round.

President


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Alejandro Toledo	Possible Peru	3,871,167	36.51	5,548,556	53.08
	Alan García	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	2,732,857	25.78	4,904,929	46.92
	Lourdes Flores	National Unity	2,576,653	24.30
	Fernando Olivera	Independent Moralizing Front	1,044,207	9.85
	Carlos Boloña	People's Solution	179,243	1.69
	Ciro Gálvez	Andean Renaissance	85,436	0.81
	Marco Arrunategui	Project Country	79,077	0.75
	Ricardo Noriega	All for Victory	33,080	0.31
Total			10,601,720	100.00	10,453,485	100.00

Valid votes			10,601,720	86.44	10,453,485	86.19
Invalid/blank votes			1,662,629	13.56	1,675,484	13.81
Total votes			12,264,349	100.00	12,128,969	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			14,898,435	82.32	14,898,435	81.41
Source: Nohlen

Congress



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Possible Peru	2,477,624	26.30	45	+16
	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,857,416	19.71	28	+22
	National Unity	1,304,037	13.84	17	New
	Independent Moralizing Front	1,034,672	10.98	11	+2
	We Are Peru	544,193	5.78	4	–5
	Cambio 90 – New Majority	452,696	4.80	3	–49
	Popular Action	393,433	4.18	3	0
	Union for Peru	390,236	4.14	6	+3
	People's Solution	336,680	3.57	1	New
	All for Victory	191,179	2.03	1	New
	Agricultural People's Front of Peru	156,264	1.66	0	–2
	Project Country	155,572	1.65	0	New
	Andean Renaissance	127,707	1.36	1	New
Total		9,421,709	100.00	120	0

Valid votes		9,421,709	78.60
Invalid/blank votes		2,565,932	21.40
Total votes		11,987,641	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,898,435	80.46
Source: Nohlen

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p449
^ Nohlen, p468

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[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p449

[3] Nohlen, p468

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