1978 Peruvian Constituent Assembly election

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Constituent Assembly elections were held in Peru on 18 June 1978.^[1] The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 100 seats.^[2]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	1,240,674	35.33	37
Christian People's Party	835,285	23.79	25
Worker Peasant Student and Popular Front	433,413	12.34	12
Revolutionary Socialist Party	232,520	6.62	6
Peruvian Communist Party	207,612	5.91	6
Popular Democratic Unity	160,741	4.58	4
National Front of Workers and Peasants	135,552	3.86	4
Christian Democrat Party	83,075	2.37	2
National Union Party	74,137	2.11	2
Pradist Democratic Movement	68,619	1.95	2
Socialist Revolutionary Action	20,164	0.57	0
Reformist Democratic Party	19,594	0.56	0
Total		3,511,386	100.00	100
Valid votes		3,511,386	84.15
Invalid/blank votes		661,576	15.85
Total votes		4,172,962	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,978,831	83.81
Source: PDBA

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p462

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