1985 Peruvian general election

Peruvian general election, 1985

14 April 1985

Nominee Alan García Pérez Alfonso Barrantes Lingán Party APRA United Left Running mate Luis Alberto Sánchez Luis Alva Castro Enrique Bernales Ballesteros Agustín Haya de la Torre Popular vote 3,452,111 1,605,139 Percentage 53.1% 24.7%

President before election Fernando Belaúnde Terry Popular Action Elected President Alan García APRA

General elections were held in Peru on 14 April 1985 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress. Alan García of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won the presidential election with 44.9% of the vote, whilst his party emerged as the largest faction in both houses of Congress.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alan García	American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	3,452,111	53.1
Alfonso Barrantes Lingán	United Left	1,605,139	24.7
Luis Bedoya Reyes	Democratic Convergence	773,313	11.9
Javier Alva Orlandini	Popular Action	471,150	7.3
Roger Cáceres Velásquez	National Left	81,647	2.0
Francisco Morales Bermúdez	Democratic Front of National Unity	54,899	0.8
Jorge Campos Arredondo	National Progressive Party	23,366	0.4
Enrique Fernández Chacón	Socialist Workers Party	15,696	0.2
Peter Uculmana	National Movement Party 7th June	10,150	0.2
Invalid/blank votes		1,044,181	–
Total		7,544,836	100
Registered voters/turnout		8,333,433	90.6
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	2,920,605	50.1	107	+49
United Left	1,424,981	24.4	48	+38
Democratic Convergence	649,404	11.1	12	+10
Popular Action	491,581	8.4	10	–88
National Left	110,695	1.9	1	–3
Democratic Front of National Unity	59,455	1.0	0	New
National Movement Party 7th June	24,466	0.4	0	New
National Progressive Party	19,131	0.3	0	New
Socialist Workers Party	16,425	0.3	0	New
Socialist Party of Peru	14,775	0.3	0	0
Independents	99,192	1.7	2	+2
Invalid/blank votes	777,823	–	–	–
Total	6,608,533	100	180	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,282,545	79.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
APRA-DC-SODE[a]	3,099,975	51.3	32	+14
United Left	1,521,461	25.2	15	+6
Democratic Convergence	675,621	11.2	7	+1
Popular Action	492,056	8.1	5	–21
National Left	103,874	1.7	1	0
Democratic Front of National Unity	56,859	0.9	0	New
National Progressive Party	25,843	0.4	0	New
Frente Agrícola Humanista Femenino	17,540	0.3	0	New
Socialist Workers Party	16,113	0.3	0	New
National Movement Party 7th June	15,126	0.3	0	New
Socialist Party of Peru	12,991	0.2	0	0
Mariateguista Party for National Liberation	7,359	0.1	0	New
Fernando Belaúnde Terry[b]	–	–	1	–
Invalid/blank votes	1,162,305	–	–	–
Total	7,206,943	100	61	+1
Registered voters/turnout	8,282,545	80.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen

^a Within the APRA-DC-SODE coalition, the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance won 30 seats and the Christian Democrat Party and Solidarity and Democracy one each.

^b Former President Terry was appointed a Senator for life after the end of his presidential term. He represented Popular Action.