1956 Peruvian general election

none Peru state 1950 Peruvian general election 1950 17 June 1956 1962 Peruvian general election 1962 yes Presidential election presidential 84.04% 130x130px Manuel_Prado_Ugarteche.jpg Manuel Prado Ugarteche MDP 567,713 45.48% Presidente Belaúnde Terry.jpg Fernando Belaúnde Terry FJD 457,966 36.69% 130x95px Hernando de Lavalle y García es UN–CD 222,619 17.83% President Manuel A. Odría Restoration Party Manuel Prado Ugarteche MDP General elections were held in Peru on 17 June 1956 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 978-0-19-928358-3 Incumbent President Manuel A. Odría, who had seized dictatorial powers, was pressured to call the 1956 elections.Cotler Julio Peru since 1960 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 451–508 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/peru-since-1960/912B086D53BEAA202D384745A0C7728F Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.009 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Pradist Democratic Movement won the presidential election with 45.5% of the vote. They were the first elections in Peru in which women could vote,Nohlen, p450 and nine women were elected to Congress; Manuela Billinghurst, Alicia Blanco Montesinos, Lola Blanco Montesinos, María Colina Lozano, Matilde Pérez Palacio, Carlota Ramos de Santolaya, María Eleonora Silva Silva and Juana Ubilluz de Palacios were elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while Irene Silva de Santolalla became the first woman elected to the Senate.Primeras Mujeres Parlamentarias 1956-1962 Congress of Peru Incumbent President Odría favored Hernando de Lavalle y Garcia.Bertram Geoffrey Peru, 1930–60 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 440–442 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/peru-193060/20F89D58A3C1105E0153FFA6207716B3 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.008 978-0-521-26652-9 subscription Results President Manuel Prado Ugarteche Pradist Democratic Movement 567713 Fernando Belaúnde Terry Democratic Youth Front 457966 Hernando de Lavalle y García es National Unity–Democratic Concordance 222619 75931 1575741 Nohlen Senate Pradist Democratic Movement 24 National Unification 8 José Gálvez list 6 Democratic Youth Front 5 Augusto Guzmán list 2 Rodrigo Alonso list 2 Luis González list 2 Christian Democrat Party 2 Wilson Sologuren list 1 Edgardo Portaro list 1 JNEJNE Chamber of Deputies Pradist Democratic Movement 64 National Unification 41 Democratic Youth Front 21 José Gálvez list 15 Augusto Guzmán list 12 Rodrigo Alonso list 8 Luis González list 8 Christian Democrat Party 5 Wilson Sologuren list 3 Edgardo Portaro list 1 Cuzqueña Democratic Alliance 1 Ayacuchano Electoral Front 1 Juan Lozno list 1 Independent Civic Union 1 JNE References General Category:Parliamentary elections in Peru Peru Category:Presidential elections in Peru Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results