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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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