2001 Peruvian general election

Early general elections were held in Peru on 8 April 2001, with a second round of the presidential election on 3 June. The elections were held after President Alberto Fujimori claimed asylum in Japan during a trip to Asia and resigned his position.

Presidential election

8 April 2001 (first round)
3 June 2001 (second round)


Nominee	Alejandro Toledo	Alan García
Party	Possible Peru	APRA
Running mate	Raúl Diez Canseco David Waisman	José Murgia Jorge del Castillo
Popular vote	5,548,556	4,904,929
Percentage	53.08%	46.92%

President before election

Valentín Paniagua
Popular Action

Elected President

Alejandro Toledo
Possible Peru

Congressional election

8 April 2001

All 120 seats in the Congress of Peru
61 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Possible Peru	Alejandro Toledo	26.30	45	+16
APRA	Alan García	19.71	28	+22
National Unity	Lourdes Flores	13.84	17	+13
FIM	Fernando Olivera	10.98	11	+2
We Are Peru	Alberto Andrade	5.78	4	−5
C90-NM	Alberto Fujimori	4.80	3	−49
Popular Action	Fernando Belaúnde	4.18	3	0
UPP	Daniel Estrada	4.14	6	+3
People's Solution	Carlos Boloña	3.57	1	New
All for Victory	Ricardo Noriega	2.03	1	New
And. Renaissance	Ciro Gálvez	1.36	1	New

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

Results of the Congressional election

Politics of Peru


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The presidential elections were won by Alejandro Toledo of Possible Peru, who had been defeated by Fujimori in the 2000 general election, while his party emerged as the largest faction in the Congress.

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