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2001 Peruvian general election
Geographic distribution of Second Round votes, by winning candidate. Green to Toledo, red to Garcia.
Early general elections were held in Peru on 8 April 2001, with a second round of the presidential election on 3 June.[1] 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 2000 , while his party emerged as the largest in the Congress .[3]
Results President
Candidate
Party
First round
Second round
Votes
%
Votes
%
Alejandro Toledo Possible Peru 3,871,167
36.5
5,548,556
53.1
Alan García American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 2,732,857
25.8
4,904,929
46.9
Lourdes Flores National Unity 2,576,653
24.3
Fernando Olivera Independent Moralizing Front 1,044,207
9.8
Carlos Boloña
People's Solution 179,243
1.7
Ciro Gálvez
Andean Renaissance 85,436
0.8
Marco Arrunategui
Project Country 79,077
0.7
Ricardo Noriega
All for Victory 33,080
0.3
Invalid/blank votes
1,662,629
–
1,675,484
–
Total 12,264,349 100 12,128,969 100
Registered voters/turnout
14,898,435
82.3
14,898,435
81.4
Source: Nohlen
Congress
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Possible Peru 2,477,624
26.3
45
+16
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 1,857,416
19.7
28
+22
National Unity 1,304,037
13.8
17
New
Independent Moralizing Front 1,034,672
11.0
11
+2
We are Peru 544,193
5.8
4
–5
Cambio 90 452,696
4.8
3
New
Popular Action 393,433
4.2
3
–1
Union for Peru 390,236
4.1
6
+3
People's Solution 336,680
3.6
1
New
All for Victory 191,179
2.0
1
New
Agricultural People's Front of Peru 156,264
1.7
0
–2
Project Country 155,572
1.7
0
New
Andean Renaissance 127,707
1.4
1
New
Invalid/blank votes
2,565,932
–
–
–
Total 11,987,641 100 120 0
Registered voters/turnout
14,898,435
80.5
–
–
Source: Nohlen
References
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