Possible Peru Alliance
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The Possible Peru Alliance is an electoral alliance
in Peru
formed for the general election, 2011
, dominated by the eponymous party Possible Peru and led by presidential candidate and ex-president Alejandro Toledo
.
In the 2006 election, Popular Action and We Are Peru formed the Center Front
(Frente del Centro) while Toledo's party PP contested separately.
In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 14.83 % of the popular vote and 21 of 130 seats, enough to form the third largest group in parliament. In the elections for the five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament, they won 14.78 % and one representative: Javier Reátegui.
Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo won 15.63 % of the votes placing him fourth and not qualifying him for the run-off.
The Possible Peru Alliance has formed a majority coalition in Congress with Peru Wins
, the left-wing Nationalists
-dominated alliance of Ollanta Humala
. Therefore Toledo suggested to vote for Humala in the second round on 5 June.
, who had been expelled from Possible Peru for publicly criticising the party's coalition with Peru Wins, has joined the small oppositional, APRA
-dominated group Parliamentary Coordination.
Electoral alliance
An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc. It is an association of political parties or individuals which exists solely to stand in elections...
in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
formed for the general election, 2011
Peruvian general election, 2011
The Peruvian general election, 2011 took place on 10 April 2011. Since no candidate received more than half of all valid votes, a second round was necessary to determine the winner. This second round took place on 5 June and determined the successor of Alan García, as well as 130 members of the...
, dominated by the eponymous party Possible Peru and led by presidential candidate and ex-president Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique is a politician who was President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García...
.
Constituent Parties
- Possible Peru (Perú Posible, PP), centrist and liberal, aligned behind former president Toledo
- Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP), with a long tradition since 1956, centrist, social liberal
- We Are PeruWe Are PeruDemocratic Party We Are Peru is a political party in Peru.At the last legislative elections, held on 8 April 2001, the party won 5.8% of the popular vote and 4 out of 120 seats in the unicameral Congress of the Republic. The party did not take part in the 2006 elections.-External links:*...
(Somos Perú, SP), Christian democratic
In the 2006 election, Popular Action and We Are Peru formed the Center Front
Center Front
The Center Front was a Peruvian political coalition formed by the parties Acción Popular , Somos Perú and Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes for the 2006 national election...
(Frente del Centro) while Toledo's party PP contested separately.
In the congressional election on April 10, the alliance won 14.83 % of the popular vote and 21 of 130 seats, enough to form the third largest group in parliament. In the elections for the five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament, they won 14.78 % and one representative: Javier Reátegui.
Presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo won 15.63 % of the votes placing him fourth and not qualifying him for the run-off.
The Possible Peru Alliance has formed a majority coalition in Congress with Peru Wins
Peru Wins
Peru Wins is a left-wing political party in Peru formed as an alliance for the general election, 2011, dominated by the Peruvian Nationalist Party and led by presidential candidate Ollanta Humala.- Constituent Parties :...
, the left-wing Nationalists
Peruvian Nationalist Party
The Peruvian Nationalist Party is a political party in Peru. The ideology of the party is wrongly considered to be nationalism with strong ties to the Movimiento Etnocacerista.Ollanta Humala was the Peruvian Nationalist Party's...
-dominated alliance of Ollanta Humala
Ollanta Humala
Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso is a Peruvian politician and the President of Peru. Humala, who previously served as an army officer, lost the presidential election in 2006 but won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote...
. Therefore Toledo suggested to vote for Humala in the second round on 5 June.
Parliamentary Alliance
Twenty of the 21 representatives elected on the Possible Peru Alliance's lists have formed the Parliamentary Alliance group in Congress. Carlos BruceCarlos Bruce
Carlos Ricardo Bruce Montes de Oca is a Peruvian politician.Bruce graduated from the Economic Faculty of the University of Lima. From 1998 to 2000, he was the president of the Peruvian Exporters' association ADEX....
, who had been expelled from Possible Peru for publicly criticising the party's coalition with Peru Wins, has joined the small oppositional, APRA
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic...
-dominated group Parliamentary Coordination.