2016 Peruvian general election: Difference between revisions

{{Expand Spanish|Elecciones generales de Perú de 2016topic=gov|date=March 2016}}

| turnout = 81.880% (first round) {{decrease}} 1.9% <br/> 80.0609% (second round) {{decrease}} 1.74%

| image1 = [[File:Pedro Pablo Kuczynski 2016 (cropped 2).jpg|150x150px]]

| nominee1 = {{nowrap|'''[[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]]'''}}

| percentage1 = '''50.112%'''

| running_mate1 = '''[[Martín Vizcarra]]''' <br/> '''[[Mercedes Araoz|Mercedes Aráoz]]'''

| image2 = [[File:Keiko Fujimori 2 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]

| percentage2 = 49.988%

| running_mate2 = [[José Chlimper]] <br/> [[Vladimiro Huaroc ]]{{efn|name= EXCLUDEDFROMCAMPAIGN}}

| last_election1 = 37 <!--Seats won by Force 2011 in previous election-->

| last_election6 = 5 <!--Contested part of the Possible Peru alliance in previous election-->

'''General elections''' were held in [[Peru]] on 10 April 2016 to determine the [[President of Peru|president]], vice-presidents, composition of the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru]] and the Peruvian representatives of the [[Andean Parliament]].

!style="width:160px; font-size:120%; background:{{party color|Popular Action (Peru)/meta/color}};"| [[Alfredo Barnechea|{{color|white|Alfredo Barnechea}}]]

! style="width:160px; font-size:120%; background:{{party color|American Popular Revolutionary Alliance/meta/color}};"| [[Alan García|{{color|white|Alan García}}]]

| [[File:Keiko Fujimori em2 outubro de 2010(cropped).jpg|center|210x210px]]

| 1st: [[Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde|Víctor A. García Belaúnde]]<br/>2nd: [[Edmundo del Águila]]

| 1st: [[José Chlimper]]<br/>2nd: [[Vladimiro Huaroc]]

| 1st: [[Marco Arana]]<br/>2nd: [[Alan Fairlie]]

* '''[[Alfredo Barnechea]]''' is [[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]]'s nominee. A renowned journalist in the 1980s, his first stint in politics occurred in 1983, as he ran for [[mayor of Lima]] with the [[Peruvian Aprista Party|APRA]], losing to [[Alfonso Barrantes]]. Elected to the lower house [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Peruvian Congress]] in [[1985 Peruvian general election|1985]], he quit the party and remained in opposition to [[Alan García]]. Participating in the 1990 [[Democratic Front (Peru)|Democratic Front]] campaign, he subsequently attained a master's degree in public administration from [[Harvard Kennedy School]]. A member of [[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]] since 2013, ideologically he considers himself a [[Social democracy|social democrat]].

* '''[[Alan García]]''', is the leader of the [[Social democracy|social democrat]] [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|APRA]] and [[Popular Alliance (Peru)|Popular Alliance]]'s nominee. One of the two former presidents running in the election, this was his fourth and final run before his suicide in 2019. His first presidency from 1985 to 1990 is considered by historians a failure due to the country's period of instability caused by terrorism and a severe economic crisis, in contrast to his second presidency, which is regarded a success based on the steady economy experienced and poverty reduction, although marred by corruption accusations. In this election, he ran under an electoral coalition with the [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]] and [[Go Peru]], with former presidential nominee [[Lourdes Flores]] as his first running mate. Academically, he holds a law degree from the [[National University of San Marcos]], and a master's in sociology at the [[University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne]].

* '''[[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]]''', is the nominee and leader of the [[Liberal conservatism|liberal conservative]] [[Peruvians for Change]]. A prominent economist from the [[University of Oxford]] and [[Princeton University]], this was his second presidential run following his third place in [[2011 Peruvian general election|2011]]. He served in [[Alejandro Toledo]]'s presidency as [[Prime Minister of Peru|Prime Minister]] and [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Minister of Economy and Finance]], in addition to serving as [[Ministry of Energy and Mines (Peru)|Minister of Energy and Mines]] in the second presidency of [[Fernando Belaúnde]].

* '''[[Verónika Mendoza]]''', is [[Broad Front (Peru)|Broad Front]]'s nominee, a [[Socialism|socialist]] coalition. A psychology major from the [[Paris Diderot University]], she served in the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Peruvian Congress]] from 2011 to 2016, representing the constituency of [[Cuzco]], elected under the [[Peru Wins]] coalition of ex-president [[Ollanta Humala]], but later left it. Throughout the campaign, she received much criticism for her [[left-wing]] policies, and for previous refusing to call [[Venezuela]] "a dictatorship" under [[Hugo Chávez]] and [[Nicolás Maduro]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Taj|first1=Mitra|last2=30 September 2016|title=AQ Top 5 Politicians Under 40: Verónika Mendoza|url=https://americasquarterly.org/fulltextarticle/aq-top-5-politicians-under-40-veronika-mendoza/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=[[Americas Quarterly]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[Fernando Olivera (politician)|Fernando Olivera]], former [[Minister of Justice]] (2001–2002) – [[Hope Front (Peru)|Hope Front]]

| rowspan="2" |10 February 2016

| rowspan="2" |29 March 2016

The first round was held on 10 April. Exit polls indicated that Keiko Fujimori placed first in the first round of voting with approximately 40% of the vote, with Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Veronika Mendoza each receiving approximately 20%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.web.onpe.gob.pe/modElecciones/elecciones/elecciones2016/PRPCP2016/Resumen-GeneralPresidencial.html#posicion|title=ONPE - Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales|website=www.web.onpe.gob.pe|language=es|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36011844|title=Peru election: Keiko Fujimori wins first round, say exit polls – BBC News|websitework=[[BBC News]]|date=11 April 2016|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref>

|cand7=[[Fernando Olivera (politician)|Fernando Olivera]]|party7=[[Hope Front (Peru)|Hope Front]]|votes7=203103

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