Alliance for the Progress of Peru

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Leader César Acuña Peralta Headquarters Lima Colours Blue		Founded 2015 Political position Centre-right Congress 9 / 130

The Alliance for the Progress of Peru (Spanish: Alianza para el Progreso del Perú) is an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the general election, 2016, dominated by the eponymous party Alliance for Progress and led by former Governor of La Libertad Region César Acuña Peralta.

Constituent Parties

Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso, APP), centrist, led by César Acuña

National Restoration (Restauración Nacional, RN), conservative, led by Humberto Lay

We Are Peru (Somos Perú, SP), Christian democratic, led by Fernando Andrade

In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 9% of the popular vote and 9 of 130 seats.

Presidential candidate César Acuña was barred from the election by a decision of the Electoral Jury for allegedly vote buying in a campaign trail.

References

Alliance for the Progress of Peru Wikipedia

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