Peruvian general election, 1956

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General elections were held in Peru on 17 June 1956 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress.^[1] Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Pradist Democratic Movement won the presidential election with 45.5% of the vote.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Manuel Prado Ugarteche	Pradist Democratic Movement	567,713	45.5
Fernando Belaúnde Terry	Democratic Youth Front	457,966	36.7
Hernando de Lavalle Vargas	National Unity/Democratic Concordance	222,619	17.8
Invalid/blank votes		75,931	–
Total		1,324,229	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,575,741	84.0
Source: Nohlen

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

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