1980 Peruvian general election

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. 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.

18 May 1980

Presidential election


Nominee	Fernando Belaúnde Terry	Armando Villanueva
Party	Popular Action	APRA
Running mate	Fernando Schwalb Javier Alva Orlandini
Popular vote	1,793,190	1,087,188
Percentage	44.93%	27.24%

Results by department (left) and province (right)

President before election

Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces

Elected President

Fernando Belaúnde Terry
Popular Action

Congressional election

Party	Leader	%	Seats
Senate
Popular Action	Fernando Belaúnde	40.92	26
APRA	Armando Villanueva	27.62	18
PPC	Luis Bedoya Reyes	9.31	6
UNIR	Horacio Zevallos	4.56	2
PRT	Hugo Blanco	3.99	2
Unity of the Left	Alfonso Barrantes	3.53	2
UDP	Javier Diez Canseco	3.50	2
FRENATRACA	Roger Cáceres	2.24	1
FOCEP	Genaro Ledesma	1.68	1
Chamber of Deputies
Popular Action	Fernando Belaúnde	38.92	98
APRA	Armando Villanueva	26.51	58
PPC	Luis Bedoya Reyes	9.60	10
Unity of the Left	Alfonso Barrantes	3.44	10
FRENATRACA	Roger Cáceres	2.57	4

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Politics of Peru


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