1915 Peruvian presidential election

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Presidential election


Candidate	José Pardo y Barreda	Carlos de Piérola [es]
Party	Civilista Party	Democratic
Popular vote	131,289	13,151
Percentage	90.90%	9.10%

President before election

Óscar R. Benavides
Military

Elected President

José Pardo y Barreda
Civilista Party

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Presidential elections were held in Peru in 1915. They followed a coup in January 1914 that overthrew the government of Guillermo Billinghurst.

José Pardo y Barreda of the Civilista Party was elected president with 91% of the vote. Ricardo Bentín Sánchez was elected first vice president and Melitón Carvajal second vice president.

Background

A new electoral law was approved in February, which abolished the previous electoral register.

Coup leader Óscar R. Benavides hoped to avoid a repeat of the highly partisan politics that preceded the coup and called for parties to work together. As a result, in March 1915 the Civilista Party, Constitutional Party and Liberal Party held a joint convention, with 418 members in attendance. The parties agreed to support a common presidential candidate, selecting former president José Pardo y Barreda on 28 March. On 25 April the convention selected Ricardo Bentín Sánchez and Melitón Carvajal as candidates for the vice presidencies.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José Pardo y Barreda	Civilista Party	131,289	90.90
	Carlos de Piérola [es]	Democratic Party	13,151	9.10
Total			144,440	100.00

Total votes			144,712	–
Source: Basadre

First vice president


Candidate	Votes	%
Ricardo Bentín Sánchez	127,459
Total

Total votes	146,523	–
Source: Basadre

Second vice president


Candidate	Votes	%
Melitón Carvajal	134,077
Total

Total votes	146,237	–
Source: Basadre

References

^ "Elections and Events 1900-1929". The Library. UC San Diego.
"Elecciones" (PDF). ONPE.
^ Jorge Basadre (1968). Historia de la República del Perú, 1822–1933, Volume 12. Editorial Universitaria. p. 372.

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