Topic summary
1985 Peruvian general election
Presidential election
11.45pp)Results by department (left) and province (right)
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
General elections were held in Peru on 14 April 1985 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress. Alan García of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) won the presidential election with 53.1% of the vote, whilst his party gained a majority in both houses of Congress. It was the first time that an APRA candidate won the presidential election.
The election took place amid economic hardship.