1980 Peruvian general election

1980 Peruvian general election

18 May 1980

Presidential election

← 1963 1985 →

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

← 1978 1985 →

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.

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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.^[1] 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.