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1956 Peruvian general election

Field	Value
country	Peru
flag_year	state
previous_election	1950 Peruvian general election
previous_year	1950
election_date	17 June 1956
next_election	1962 Peruvian general election
next_year	1962
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
image_size	130x130px
image1	Manuel_Prado_Ugarteche.jpg
nominee1	Manuel Prado Ugarteche
party1	MDP
popular_vote1	567,713
percentage1	45.48%
image2	Presidente Belaúnde Terry.jpg
nominee2	Fernando Belaúnde Terry
party2	FJD
popular_vote2	457,966
percentage2	36.69%
image3	[[File:Noimage.png	130x95px]]
nominee3
party3	UN–CD
popular_vote3	222,619
percentage3	17.83%
title	President
before_election	Manuel A. Odría
before_party	Restoration Party
after_election	Manuel Prado Ugarteche
after_party	MDP

General elections were held in Peru on 17 June 1956 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress. Incumbent President Manuel A. Odría, who had seized dictatorial powers, was pressured to call the 1956 elections.

Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Pradist Democratic Movement won the presidential election with 45.5% of the vote. They were the first elections in Peru in which women could vote, and nine women were elected to Congress; Manuela Billinghurst, Alicia Blanco Montesinos, Lola Blanco Montesinos, María Colina Lozano, Matilde Pérez Palacio, Carlota Ramos de Santolaya, María Eleonora Silva Silva and Juana Ubilluz de Palacios were elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while Irene Silva de Santolalla became the first woman elected to the Senate.

Incumbent President Odría favored Hernando de Lavalle y Garcia.

Results

President

Senate

Chamber of Deputies

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p454 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928358-3
Cotler, Julio. (1991). "Peru since 1960". Cambridge University Press.
Nohlen, p450
[http://www.congreso.gob.pe/primerasmujeresparlamentarias/Trayectoria/ Primeras Mujeres Parlamentarias 1956-1962] Congress of Peru
Bertram, Geoffrey. (1991). "Peru, 1930–60". Cambridge University Press.
[https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/General/ObtenerArchivo?fileURL=f6fpIdOkgSXhQqb%2BTNgm@2JQVy3Xiue27m3fgjtRSMW4JwBnKqnWfcW5CRy41KNcfd&tk=FlS0bK1FrM4=SK JNE]

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