1950 Peruvian general election
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.png){kind=small} President of the Senate
Miki Torres 1st Vice President of the Senate
Alejandro Muñante 2nd Vice President of the Senate
Nilza Chacón 3rd Vice President of the Senate
Edgar Mancha President of the Chamber of Deputies
Óscar de Jesús Reto Otero 1st Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
Analí Márquez 2nd Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies
Harvey Colchado 3rd Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies José Yataco |
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General elections were held in Peru on 2 July 1950 to elect the President and both houses of Congress.[1] Manuel A. Odría was the only presidential candidate after the Junta Nacional Electoral invalidated Ernesto Montagne's (Democratic League) candidacy.[2] He was elected unopposed.[3]
In the Congressional elections, lists supporting Odría won 38 of the 47 seats in the Senate and 139 of the 156 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[4]
Results
[edit]President
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel A. Odría | Restoration Party | 550,779 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 550,779 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Senate
[edit]Only 45 of the 47 seats in the Senate were filled as only one list of candidates was registered in Ancash and Puno, resulting in their minority seats being unfilled.[4]
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odriist lists | 38 | New | |
| Socialist lists | 1 | –3 | |
| Independent lists | 6 | +5 | |
| Vacant | 2 | – | |
| Total | 47 | –2 | |
| Source: JNE | |||
Chamber of Deputies
[edit]Only 154 of the 156 seats in the Chamber were filled as only one list of candidates was registered in Ancash and Puno, resulting in their minority seats being unfilled.[4]
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odriist lists | 139 | New | |
| Socialist lists | 3 | 0 | |
| Independent lists | 12 | +6 | |
| Vacant | 2 | – | |
| Total | 156 | +3 | |
| Source: JNE | |||
References
[edit]- ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Bertram, Geoffrey (1991), "Peru, 1930–60", in Bethell, Leslie (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, vol. 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, Cambridge University Press, pp. 383–450, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.008, ISBN 978-0-521-26652-9
- ↑ Nohlen, p470
- 1 2 3 Elecciones parliamentarias en el Perú (1931-2011) Jurado Nacional de Elecciones