Peruvian general election, 2006

• Alan García, > 2/3 of the valid votes
• Alan García, < 2/3 of the valid votes
• Ollanta Humala, > 2/3
• Ollanta Humala, < 2/3

The elections in Peru in 2006 took place on 9 April and 4 June 2006. In these elections the following items for the period from 2006 to 2011 were busy:

• President
• Two Vice-Presidents
• 120 members of Congress
• Five members of the Parliament of the Andean Community ( and ten replacement )

Since none of the candidates could win an absolute majority for the office of President in the first round, was born on June 4, a runoff between the two leading candidates, the Ollanta Humala and former President Alan García held. Garcia finally was able to win the runoff.

The inauguration of the newly elected President was celebrated on 28 July 2006, the Peruvian National Day.

• 3.1 First ballot
• 3.2 Second round

Election manifesto

The former president Alejandro Toledo announced the date of the election for his successor on December 8, 2005. Toledo could not participate in the election, since a change in the Constitution of 2001 prohibits a direct re-election.

To be elected, the chances would be for him but also very low been. Towards the end of his office just 19 percent of Peruvians were satisfied with Toledo's work. At its peak it had reached an agreement rate of 80 percent.

Candidates

For the election to the presidency to 24 candidates were put up as much as never before in the history of Peru. Of the 24 candidates, only 19 led to the end of the campaign. Alberto Fujimori was excluded from the election and three other candidates ( Rafael Belaúnde Aubry, Fernando Olivera Vega and Marco Antonio Arrunátegui ) withdrew before the election.

The following were the most popular candidate, according to the opinion polls before the election.

Alan García

Alan García, President of Partido Aprista Peruano, was already President of Peru from 1985 to 1990. During this time, his popularity declined, but he still has a broad base in the country. Especially young voters, who had witnessed his government does not directly elected García. One of his campaign promises was more investment for social development in the poor South and the supply of drinking water to apply. He eventually was able to win the election.

Lourdes Flores

Lourdes Flores, president of the party Unidad Nacional and earlier Alberto Fujimori related parties was strongly supported, according to the polls, especially by the women. Their opponents accused her of being a candidate of the right or the company. Also Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, Flores described as the candidate of the Peruvian oligarchy. Flores ignored the criticism mostly or responded with sarcastic comments.

Lourdes Flores was supported by the entrepreneurs and Wall Street, and had met several times with representatives from these circles. George W. Bush had signaled support for Lourdes Flores.

Ollanta Humala

The President of the Partido Nacionalista Peruano comes from the movement of Etnocacerismus. In his political direction Humala referred positively to the left and center -left governments in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela. He announced that, if elected, to review the contracts of transnational mining companies and to make the privatization reversed.

Valentín Paniagua

Valentín Paniagua was after the resignation of Alberto Fujimori's interim President of Peru for a few months. He was until his death president of Acción Popular and was a candidate for the Frente de Centro.

Martha Chávez

Martha Chavez is the president of Alianza por el Futuro, the party Alberto Fujimori. Your party represents Fujimori, who sits currently in Chile in custody pending extradition. The program of the party is the majority in bringing Fujimori to power again.

Surveys

First ballot

For the first ballot, the polls predicted the following percentages.

Second round

If it came to a second ballot, voters would decide at the polls before the first ballot as follows.

Result of the first ballot

The big surprise on election night was the strong showing of Alan García. Also Humberto Lay surprised, but had no chances for the presidency. The polls before the elections had been found with the election results even more than very unreliable.

While the counts was long unclear whether the second ballot Alan García and Lourdes Flores against Ollanta Humala would take. It was not until finally the final result was announced on May 4 to Lourdes Flores was finally beaten.

The result of the first ballot was as follows:

With 12.2 million votes cast, the difference between Garcia and Flores was at the end just around the 64,000 votes. Therefore, the final output was long uncertain.

Result of the second ballot

On 21 May 2006, a televised debate between the two candidates and acting as moderator journalist Augusto Álvarez Rodrich took place in the National Archaeological Museum, which was marked by personal attacks on each other of the candidates.

The runoff election on June 4, 2006, then decide Alan García Pérez of the Partido Aprista Peruano with 6,965,017 votes in accordance with 52.625 % compared to 6.27008 million votes, corresponding to 47.375 % for his rival candidate Ollanta Humala Tasso of the Unión por el Perú for themselves.