1915 Peruvian presidential election

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1915 Peruvian presidential election
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Candidate José Pardo y Barreda Carlos de Piérola  [ es ]
Party Civilista Party Democratic
Popular vote131,28913,151
Percentage90.90%9.10%
President before election

Óscar R. Benavides
Military

Elected President

José Pardo y Barreda
Civilista Party

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, [1] which abolished the previous electoral register. [2]

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. [1]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
José Pardo y Barreda Civilista Party 131,28990.90
Carlos de Piérola  [ es ] Democratic Party 13,1519.10
Total144,440100.00
Total votes144,712–
Source: Basadre [3]

First vice president

CandidateVotes%
Ricardo Bentín Sánchez 127,459
Total
Total votes146,523–
Source: Basadre [3]

Second vice president

CandidateVotes%
Melitón Carvajal 134,077
Total
Total votes146,237–
Source: Basadre [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Elections and Events 1900-1929". The Library. UC San Diego. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Elecciones" (PDF). ONPE.
  3. 1 2 3 Jorge Basadre (1968). Historia de la República del Perú, 1822–1933, Volume 12. Editorial Universitaria. p. 372.
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