Alliance for the Great Change
Alliance for the Great Change Alianza por el Gran Cambio | |
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| File:Alianza por el Gran Cambio Logo.png | |
| Leader | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
| Founded | December 2010 |
| Dissolved | August 2013 |
| Succeeded by | Peruvians for Change |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colors | Pink, blue, yellow |
The Alliance for the Great Change—PPK (Spanish: Alianza por el Gran Cambio – PPK) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election to promote the presidential candidacy of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ("PPK").
Constituent Parties
- Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano, PPC), Christian democratic and conservative, chaired by Lourdes Flores
- Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), led by César Acuña
- National Restoration (Restauración Nacional, RN), Evangelical Christian and social conservative, led by Humberto Lay
- Peruvian Humanist Party (Partido Humanista Peruano, PHP), humanist (center-left), led by Yehude Simon
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski himself was a non-partisan.
In the 2006 election, the Christian People’s Party had led the alliance National Unity, the Humanists had been part of the Decentralization Coalition, the Alliance for Progress had participated separately. RN participated separately in the elections and had formed a parliamentary alliance with the Center Front after the elections.
2011 election
In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 14.42% of the popular vote and obtained 12 out of 130 seats, making them the fourth largest group in parliament. In the elections for the five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament, they won 13.94% and obtained 1 representative to the Andean Parliament.
Kuczynski's running mates were Máximo San Román, former First Vice President under former President Alberto Fujimori who left the Fujimorist Cambio 90 and was then considered close to National Restoration for First Vice President, and Marisol Pérez Tello (PPC) for Second Vice President.
"PPK", after a very personalist campaign, won 18.51% of the presidential votes, placing him third, but failed to qualify for the second round.
For the runoff Kuczynski, San Román and Lay endorsed right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori,[1] while dissenting humanist Simon supported left-wing Ollanta Humala.[2]
In campaign, the alliance used the colors shocking pink, light blue and yellow.
Dissolution
In August 2013 several parliamentarians left the alliance's benches in parliament, leaving only seven members. The parliamentary group was then renamed to "PPC–APP" (Christian People's Party and Alliance for Progress).[3]
For the 2016 general election, the alliance was not revived. Instead, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski launched the Peruanos Por el Kambio ("Peruvians for Change") party; the PPC joined the centre-left APRA party in the "Popular Alliance" led by ex-president Alan García; the APP leads an alliance with National Restoration and We Are Peru, nominating its party leader César Acuña as presidential candidate (who was disqualified before the election took place); the Humanist Party runs on its own, fielding party leader Yehude Simon (but withdrew before the election took place).
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Year | Candidate | Coalition | Votes | Percentage | Outcome | |
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| 2011 | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |  |
Alliance for the Great Change | 2 711 450 | 3rd | |
Congressional elections
| Election | Votes | % | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 851 080 | 14.42% | 12 / 130
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References
- ^ "Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: "Votaré por Keiko Fujimori"". Terra. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "Yehude Simon: Me sorprende el apoyo de Lay a Keiko". LaRepublica.pe. 2011-06-01. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "Alianza Por el Gran Cambio ahora se llamará PPC-APP". Perú21. 5 August 2013.
