1868 Peruvian general election

1868

Presidential election


Candidate	José Balta	Manuel Costas Arce
Electoral vote	3,168	384
Percentage	81.99%	9.94%

President before election

Pedro Diez Canseco

Elected President

José Balta

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General elections were held in Peru in 1868. The presidential election resulted in a victory for José Balta, who received 82% of the vote in the electoral college.

Results

President


Candidate	Votes	%
José Balta	3,168	81.99
Manuel Costas Arce	384	9.94
Manuel Toribio Ureta [es]	153	3.96
Other candidates	159	4.11
Total	3,864	100.00

Registered voters/turnout	4,454	–
Source: Lúcar, Congress

References

"Elections and Events 1850-1869". The Library. UC San Diego.
Tamariz Lúcar (1995). Historia del poder: elecciones y golpes de estado en el Perú. p. 86.
Anales del Congreso del Peru, Volume 13. Congress. 1955. p. 286.

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