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Peru 1980 Presidential Election

Date of Election

May 18, 1980

Type of Electoral System

Majority

Length of Term
5 years
Number of Votes #
Percentage of Votes #
Fernando Belaúnde Terry (AP - Popular Action)
1 793 190
45.2%
Armando Villanueva del Campo (APRA - American Popular Revolutionary Alliance)
1 087 188
27.4%
Luis Bedoya Reyes (PPC - Popular Christian Party)
382 547
9.6%
Hugo Blanco Galdós (PRT - Workers' Revolutionary Party)
160 713
3.9%
Horacio Zevallos Gámez (UNIR - Revolutionary Left Union)
134 321
3.3%
Leonidas Rodríguez Figueroa (IU - United Left)
116 890
2.8%
Carlos Malpica Silva Santisteban (UDP - Popular Democratic Union)
98 452
2.4%
Roger Cáceres Velásquez (FNTC - National Front of Workers, Peasants, and Students)
81 647
2.0%
Genaro Ledesma Izquieta (FOCEP - Popular Front of Workers, Peasants, and Students)
60 853
1.5%
Carlos Carrillo Smith (UN - Unión Nacional)
18.170
0.4%
Javier Tantaleán Vanini (OPRP - Organización Política de la Revolución)
17 737
0.4%
Gustavo Mohme Llona (APS - Acción Política Socialista)
1 607
0.3%
Alejandro Tudela Garland (MDP - Peruvian Democratic Movement)
9 875
0.2%
Waldo Fernández Durán (PAIS - Moviniento Popular de Acción e Integración Social)
9 350
0.2%
Luciano Castillo Coloma (PSP - Socialist Party of Peru)
8 714
0.2%

Source: Political Handbook of the World 1984-85, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1985.
# Source: Political Database of the Americas (2001) Peru: 1980 Presidential Election. [Internet]. Georgetown University and the Organization of American States. November 26, 2002.

Population Size
17 295 000
Registered Voters
6 485 680

Total Votes

5 307 465

Vote/Registered Voter

81.8%

Spoilt Ballots

22.3%

Source: Voter Turnout: Peru. [Internet]. International IDEA. 29 April 2002.


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