2006 Peruvian general election

Presidential election

9 April 2006 (first round)
4 June 2006 (second round)

Opinion pollsTurnout88.71% (first round)

6.39pp
87.71% (second round)

6.30pp

Congressional election

9 April 2006

All 120 seats in Congress
61 seats needed for a majority

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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.