1990 Peruvian general election

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1990 Peruvian general election

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Presidential election

8 April 1990 (first round) 10 June 1990 (second round)

Nominee Alberto Fujimori Mario Vargas Llosa Party Cambio 90 FREDEMO Running mate Máximo San Román Carlos García y García Eduardo Orrego Ernesto Alayza [es] Popular vote 4,489,897 2,708,291 Percentage 62.38% 37.62%

First round results by department (left) and province (right) Second round results by department (left) and province (right)

President before election Alan García APRA Elected President Alberto Fujimori Cambio 90

Congressional election

8 April 1990

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Senate Democratic Front Mario Vargas Llosa 32.06 20 +12 APRA Alan García 25.09 16 −16 Change 90 Andrés Reggiardo 21.70 14 New United Left Henry Pease 9.77 6 −9 Socialist Left Alfonso Barrantes 5.46 3 New FRENATRACA Roger Cáceres [es] 2.03 1 0 Chamber of Deputies Democratic Front Mario Vargas Llosa 30.03 62 +46 APRA Alan García 24.78 53 −54 Change 90 Andrés Reggiardo 16.93 32 New United Left Henry Pease 9.82 16 −32 FIM Fernando Olivera 5.95 7 New Socialist Left Alfonso Barrantes 5.24 4 New FRENATRACA Roger Cáceres [es] 2.42 3 +2 MRL 0.48 1 +1 Tacneñista Front 0.34 1 New Popular Agreement 0.28 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Peru on 8 April 1990, with a second round of the presidential elections on 10 June.^[1] This exercise was to elect the President of the Republic, two vice presidents, and the members of Congress. The elections filled 180 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 60 seats in the Senate for the 1990-1995 governmental period.

The run-off was between favorite, novelist Mario Vargas Llosa leading a coalition of economically liberal parties collectively known as the Democratic Front and political underdog Alberto Fujimori of the populist and more moderate Cambio 90. Vargas Llosa won the first round with a small plurality, but alienated much of the electorate with a comprehensive privatisation agenda, bolstering the allegedly unelectable Fujimori who had finished second ahead of Luis Alva Castro of the ruling APRA party to enter the run-off against Vargas Llosa. Fujimori eventually won a landslide victory and would remain president for ten years until his forced resignation in November 2000.