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.[1] The elections were held after President Alberto Fujimori claimed asylum in Japan during a trip to Asia and resigned his position.[2]

2001 Peruvian general election

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%

First round results by departments (left) and provinces (right) Second round results by departments (left) and provinces (right)

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 Results of the Congressional election

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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.[3]