2006 Peruvian general election

2006 Peruvian general election
Presidential election
9 April 2006 (first round)
4 June 2006 (second round)
Opinion polls
 
Nominee Alan García Ollanta Humala
Party APRA UPP
Running mate Luis Giampietri
Lourdes Mendoza 		Gonzalo García Núñez
Carlos Torres Caro
Popular vote 6,965,017 6,270,080
Percentage 52.63% 47.37%
President before election

Alejandro Toledo
Possible Peru

Elected President

Alan García
APRA

Congressional election
9 April 2006
All 120 seats in Congress
61 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Union for Peru Ollanta Humala 21.15 45 +39
APRA Alan García 20.59 36 +8
National Unity Lourdes Flores 15.33 17 0
AF2006 Martha Chávez 13.09 13 +10
Center Front Valentín Paniagua 7.07 5 +1
Possible Peru Alejandro Toledo 4.11 2 −43
RN Humberto Lay Sun 4.02 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by department

General elections were held in Peru in on 9 April 2006 to elect the President, two Vice-Presidents, 120 members of Congress and five members of the Andean Parliament for the 2006–2011 period. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 4 June between the top two candidates, Ollanta Humala and Alan García. Garcia won the run-off with 52.63% to Humala's 47.37%. He was subsequently inaugurated on 28 July 2006, Peruvian Independence Day.

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