1980 Peruvian general election

none Peru state 18 May 1980 yes presidential Presidential election 1963 Peruvian general election 1963 1985 Peruvian general election 1985 79.14% ( 15.24pp) Fernando Belaúnde Terry 1980.jpg Fernando Belaúnde Terry Popular Action (Peru) Fernando SchwalbJavier Alva Orlandini 1,793,190 44.93% Armando Villanueva del Campo (cropped).jpg Armando Villanueva American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 1,087,188 27.24% President Francisco Morales Bermúdez Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces Fernando Belaúnde Terry Popular Action (Peru) 150px150px Results by department (left) and province (right) yes Congressional election 1978 1985 yes Senate Fernando Belaúnde Popular Action (Peru) 26 40.92 Armando Villanueva American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 18 27.62 Luis Bedoya Reyes PPC #008000 6 9.31 UNIR Horacio Zevallos #49b848 2 4.56 PRT Hugo Blanco #954535 2 3.99 United Left Alfonso Barrantes #800000 2 3.53 UDP Javier Diez Canseco Popular Democratic Unity 2 3.50 FRENATRACA Roger Cáceres National Front of Workers and Peasants 1 2.24 FOCEP Genaro Ledesma Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front 1 1.68 Chamber of Deputies Fernando Belaúnde Popular Action (Peru) 98 38.92 Armando Villanueva American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 58 26.51 Luis Bedoya Reyes PPC #008000 10 9.60 United Left Alfonso Barrantes #800000 10 3.44 FRENATRACA Roger Cáceres National Front of Workers and Peasants 4 2.57 General elections were held in Peru on 18 May 1980 for the first time since 1963 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 Former President Fernando Belaúnde Terry of the Popular Action won the presidential election with 44.9% of the vote, whilst his party emerged as the largest party in both houses of Congress. The size of Belaúnde's victory was considered unexpected.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 The military, which had a history of intervening in government and had overthrown Belaúnde in 1968 and subsequently established a nationalist dictatorship, said it would respect the results of the election. Results President Fernando Belaúnde Terry Popular Action 1793190 Armando Villanueva American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 1087188 Luis Bedoya Reyes Christian People's Party 382547 Hugo Blanco Workers' Revolutionary Party 160713 #954535 Horacio Zevallos Galdós Revolutionary Left Union 134321 #49b848 Leonidas Rodrígyez Figueroa United Left 116890 #800000 Carlos Malpica Santisteban Popular Democratic Unity 98452 Roger Cáceres Velásquez National Front of Workers and Peasants 81647 Genaro Ledesma Izquieta Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front 60853 Carolos Carrillo Smith National Unity 18170 Javier Tanteleán Vanini Political Organisation of the Peruvian Revolution 17737 Gustavo Mohme Llona Socialist Political Action 11607 Alejandro Tudela Garland Pradist Democratic Movement 9875 Waldo Fernández Durán Progressive and Social Integration Party 9350 Luciano Castillo Colonna Socialist Party of Peru 8714 1130074 6471101 Nohlen Senate File:Senado Peru elecciones 1980.svg Popular Action 1694952 26 American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 1144203 18 Christian People's Party 385674 6 Revolutionary Left Union 189080 2 #49b848 Workers' Revolutionary Party 165191 2 #954535 United Left 146085 2 #800000 Popular Democratic Unity 145155 2 National Front of Workers and Peasants 92892 1 Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front 69412 1 National Unity 25551 0 Political Organisation of the Peruvian Revolution 23339 0 Socialist Political Action 19102 0 Pradist Democratic Movement 17560 0 Progressive and Social Integration Party 12708 0 Socialist Party of Peru 11299 0 1116044 6431651 Nohlen Chamber of Deputies File:Camara de Diputados Peru elecciones 1980.svg Popular Action 1413233 98 American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 962801 58 Christian People's Party 348578 10 Revolutionary Left Union 172430 0 #49b848 Popular Democratic Unity 156415 0 Workers' Revolutionary Party 151447 0 #954535 United Left 124751 10 #800000 National Front of Workers and Peasants 93416 4 Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front 61248 0 National Unity 31443 0 Pradist Democratic Movement 22573 0 Socialist Political Action 22708 0 Political Organisation of the Peruvian Revolution 21609 0 Progressive and Social Integration Party 16493 0 Socialist Party of Peru 9786 0 Independents 22408 0 941802 6431651 Nohlen References Category:1980 in Peru Category:Parliamentary elections in Peru Peru Category:Presidential elections in Peru Category:May 1980 in South America Category:Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru Category:Democratization